Google| Subject | Re: Republicanism still an offence in England? (wasRe: Queen mother |
| From | Henriette Frans |
| Date | 2002-05-14 22:03 (2002-05-14 22:03) |
| Message-ID | <3CE16D5B.EB21BEDF@chello.nl> |
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Speaking Clock wrote:
"Henriette Frans" <ch.frans@chello.nl>wroteThere is also a lot to say for 9/11. When reading American papers I'm amazingly quickly used to it.
BTW: We say 11/9 too, but the Americans say 9/11, which is sometimes confusing.
It's so logical to progress through day, month, year in order of their length. We do it that way in UK too.
What defenitely is more logic in a lot of other languages than Dutch, is what they do with numbers. You say e.g.: thirty-five (French: trente-cinq; Italian: trenta-cinque)whereas the Dutch and the Germans (and presumably the Scandinavians) say(translated literally) five and thirty. 2500= five and twenty hundred. This custom sometimes leads to tiresome situations (e.g. when you write down a list of numbers someone reads to you).
Henriette
2002-05-14
