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| From | Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.java.programmer |
| Subject | Re: number and words |
| Date | 2012-05-03 15:12 +0000 |
| Organization | UK Free Software Network |
| Message-ID | <jnu78p$t91$2@localhost.localdomain> (permalink) |
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On Wed, 02 May 2012 16:20:48 -0700, Daniel wrote: > On 2 Maj, 23:23, Roedy Green <see_webs...@mindprod.com.invalid> wrote: >> On Wed, 2 May 2012 13:55:00 -0700 (PDT), Daniel >> <daniel.chmielew...@gmail.com> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted >> someone who said : >> >> >in english: >> >123 one hundred twenty three >> >> >in german: >> >123 eins hudrer deiund zwanzig >> Surely "ein hundert drei und zwanzig" or, as a simpler example 21 = "twenty one" or "ein und zwanzig", but it wasn't all that long ago that English also used the German spoken number order, as in "a maid of just one and twenty summers" -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org |
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number and words Daniel <daniel.chmielewski@gmail.com> - 2012-05-02 13:55 -0700
Re: number and words Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-05-02 17:01 -0400
Re: number and words Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-05-02 14:23 -0700
Re: number and words Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-05-02 16:13 -0700
Re: number and words Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-05-02 19:19 -0400
Re: number and words Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-05-02 20:05 -0700
Re: number and words Leif Roar Moldskred <leifm@dimnakorr.com> - 2012-05-02 18:41 -0500
Re: number and words Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-05-02 20:06 -0700
Re: number and words Leif Roar Moldskred <leifm@dimnakorr.com> - 2012-05-03 00:06 -0500
Re: number and words Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-05-03 09:15 -0700
Re: number and words Leif Roar Moldskred <leifm@dimnakorr.com> - 2012-05-03 12:00 -0500
Re: number and words Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-05-03 13:26 -0700
Re: number and words RedGrittyBrick <RedGrittyBrick@spamweary.invalid> - 2012-05-03 10:03 +0100
Re: number and words Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2012-05-03 06:15 -0300
Re: number and words Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-05-03 14:08 -0700
Re: number and words glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2012-05-04 05:49 +0000
Re: number and words Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-05-04 06:46 -0700
Re: number and words glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2012-05-04 19:41 +0000
Re: number and words Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-05-03 14:14 -0700
Re: number and words Daniel <daniel.chmielewski@gmail.com> - 2012-05-02 16:20 -0700
Re: number and words Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2012-05-03 15:12 +0000
Re: number and words Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-05-03 14:28 -0700
Re: number and words Tom McGlynn <taqmcg@gmail.com> - 2012-05-03 15:32 -0700
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