Google| Subject | Re: Republicanism still an offence in England? (wasRe: Queen mother |
| From | Henriette Frans |
| Date | 2002-05-14 23:17 (2002-05-14 23:17) |
| Message-ID | <3CE17E8D.697841EC@chello.nl> |
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| Newsgroups | alt.fan.tolkien |
| Follows | Jette Goldie |
Jette Goldie wrote:
Jette GoldieWhat is this word? I agree with you Pradera, on the unreasonableness of the French numbers. 90=4 x 20 + 10 (quattre vingt-dix). Let us have the walonian words for 80 and 90 Jette, lest we do not believe you :-)
"Pradera" <pradera@pradera.prv.pl>wrote in message news:abrr78$17bs$1@pingwin.acn.pl...PraderaJette Goldie
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.
The *French* speaking Belgians (Waloons) have a word for ninety.
(my aunt lives in Brussels <g>)
Henriette
-- Jette (aka Vinyaduriel) "Work for Peace and remain fiercely loving" - Jim Byrnes jette@blueyonder.co.uk http://www.jette.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ http://bosslady.tripod.com/fanfic.html
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