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At this point, why not just use the exact number of items discussed? This system is more complex without any improved precision.
by ahmedfromtunis 3y ago
At this point, why not just use the exact number of items discussed? This system is more complex without any improved precision.
- uranusjr 3y agoI’m pretty sure they started put as the exact numbers and were just shortened eventually for convenience. This kind of compound word shortening happens all the time in all languages, it’s just Korean happens to have it for numbers, not particularly related to the numeric system as suggested.