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I knew the Danes where counting in a crazy way but I didn't know the French did this as well. One more reason I'm happy English is the most common internationa

by eitland 12y ago

I knew the Danes where counting in a crazy way but I didn't know the French did this as well. One more reason I'm happy English is the most common international language I guess.

iak8god 12y ago
According to wikitionary [1] "four score and seven" was a commonplace way of saying "eighty seven" in 19th c. English. [1] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/four_score_and_seven_years_ago https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/four_score_and_seven_years_ag...
Xophmeister 12y ago
Number systems by complexity: http://www.sf.airnet.ne.jp/ts/language/number.html http://www.sf.airnet.ne.jp/ts/language/number.html