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> On Sep 9, 2015, at 1:22 PM, Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> =
wrote:
>=20
>=20

[byte]

>=20
> I think my favourite is the guy who claims that the reason natural =
languages
> all count from 1 is because the Romans failed to invent zero. (What =
about
> languages that didn't derive from Latin, say, Chinese?)

Right.  Note that the Arabs, who DID invent zero, still count from one.

Bill