Christophe Grandsire sulk:
> > Do you want to get me started on the irregular parts?
>
>Please do. Not that it's gonna frighten me ;))) .
See my reply to Tristan.
> > >
> > >No stinking multiple of ten base thank you! Be happy that they have
> > special
> > >words for "million" and "billion" :)) (which by the way are pure nouns
> > and
> > >thus
> > >out of the numeric system in fact).
> >
> > Since when is twenty not a multiple of ten?
> >
>
>Since Maggelity stepped in? ;))) Seriously, I meant powers of ten bases
>(but
>then, 10 to the power of 1.30102999566... is 20 too ;)) . So I mean integer
>powers of ten bases ;)) ).
Remind me to upgrade my telepahthic abilities to Internet compability ...
Andreas
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