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I'm Italian, where uno also means uno, so I'll offer my perspective. As a kid I was taught to use "unità" (unit) to refer to the numbers below ten (e.g. "add u

I'm Italian, where uno also means uno, so I'll offer my perspective. As a kid I was taught to use "unità" (unit) to refer to the numbers below ten (e.g. "add up the units first, then carry the tens.."). It is also used as an "accounting" unit (e.g. "there are 3 units left") in some cases, tho probably less commonly than in English, as it's often implicit. So yeah, unit seems a clear better choice than abusing the number one.

ConceptJunkie 5y ago
> As a kid I was taught to use "unità" (unit) to refer to the numbers below ten (e.g. "add up the units first, then carry the tens.."). Arithmetic instruction in English uses "unit" in the same way. However, since "unit" is a highly overloaded term, I think the idea of "uno" is a good one, at least for English. For Italian and Spanish, etc., probably not so much.