Subject | Re: Republicanism still an offence in England? (wasRe: Queen mother |
From | Pradera |
Date | 2002-05-14 22:12 (2002-05-14 22:12) |
Message-ID | <abrr78$17bs$1@pingwin.acn.pl> |
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Newsgroups | alt.fan.tolkien |
Follows | Henriette Frans |
Followups | Jette Goldie (49m) > Pradera |
Henriette Franswhat
Speaking Clock wrote:"Henriette Frans" <ch.frans@chello.nl>wroteWhat defenitely is more logic in a lot of other languages than Dutch, is
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.'