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Pradera
SubjectRe: Republicanism still an offence in England? (wasRe: Queen mother
FromPradera
Date2002-05-14 22:12 (2002-05-14 22:12)
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U?ytkownik Henriette Frans <ch.frans@chello.nl>w wiadomooci do grup dyskusyjnych napisa?:3CE16D5B.EB21BEDF@chello.nl...

Henriette Frans
Speaking Clock wrote:

"Henriette Frans" <ch.frans@chello.nl>wrote

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)

The french do _not_ have a reasonable counting system... take their ninety-six, for example: 4*20+16. I wonder if that makes them better mathematicians :) Other than that, I agree. Though I rather quickly got used to the german way. Sometimes it seems more logical. -- Pradera. 'I am known under many names... Sigurd to some...Pradera to others... In 1997 I was called Dorxter... So yes, you may call me Pradera.'