Re: Please welcome . . .
| From: | Tristan McLeay <zsau@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, December 14, 2003, 0:01 |
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On Sat, 13 Dec 2003, Ray Brown wrote:
> > Strictly speaking, there is no "first" (and
> > Heaven preserve us from "zeroth"!); it's his ONLY
> > birthday.
>
> I know.
>
> Too late for preservation from 'zeroth'; it's been around
> for decades. You can't be a computer scientist or you'd
> have got(ten) used to it yonks ago.
I'd learnt the word well before I knew what a computer was; the word comes
in useful when you're trying to beat someone who's claimed to be first (or
similar). I've never heard of `minus oneth', though; it seems that becomes
unreasonable or too complicated for the agegroup in question :)
--
Tristan
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