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If we say "forty, sixty, seventy, eighty and ninety", why don't we say
"twoty, threety and fivety"?

On 2008-08-25, PanHandler wrote:

> alt.graphics.pictures.wallpaper
>
> If we say "forty, sixty, seventy, eighty and ninety", why don't we say
> "twoty, threety and fivety"?

Twenty and thirty are still remotely connected to 2 and 3.


It's worst of all in France, as far as I know.
They only have that 'connection' for 30-60.

The rest is a mess.
70 is soixante-dix (sixty-ten), and they go on to 79 being soixante-dix-neuf
(sixty nineteen, or sixty-ten-nine).

80 is quatre-vingt (four twenty)
90 is 80 with the 10 added, likr in 70.

So 99 is:
four twenty nineteen, or actually four twenty ten nine

In Belgian French at least, 90 is nonante (conection to nine)
In Swiss French, 80 is octante (connection to 8)




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Rikishi 42 wrote:
> In Belgian French at least, 90 is nonante (conection to nine)
> In Swiss French, 80 is octante (connection to 8)

And in both Belgium and Switserland it is also septante for 70

The French is a bith when working with IP numbers.
cent quatre vingt deux
Is that 100.4.20.2 or 192?

Also because the Dutch say twee-en-veertig (two and fourty) and English
says fourty-two for 42, I have learned to say things number by number.
So a phonenumber become
0.2.1.2.3.4.5.6.7 When people repeat it, they still go for 02.123.45.67
in Belgium.

And when they say 02.123.45.67 and I repeat 0.2.1.2.3.4.5.6.7 many have
no way of knowing wether that is correct, unles they have the number in
front of them.

Humans are basicaly idiots (except me). :-D

houghi
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The whole principle [of censorship] is wrong. It's like demanding that
grown men live on skim milk because the baby can't have steak.
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Le Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:31:09 +0200, houghi a
écrit:

> Rikishi 42 wrote:
>> In Belgian French at least, 90 is nonante (conection to nine)
>> In Swiss French, 80 is octante (connection to 8)
>
> And in both Belgium and Switserland it is also septante for 70
>
> The French is a bith when working with IP numbers.
> cent quatre vingt deux
> Is that 100.4.20.2 or 192?
>
> Also because the Dutch say twee-en-veertig (two and fourty) and English
> says fourty-two for 42, I have learned to say things number by number.
> So a phonenumber become
> 0.2.1.2.3.4.5.6.7 When people repeat it, they still go for 02.123.45.67
> in Belgium.
>
> And when they say 02.123.45.67 and I repeat 0.2.1.2.3.4.5.6.7 many have
> no way of knowing wether that is correct, unles they have the number in
> front of them.
>
> Humans are basicaly idiots (except me). :-D
>
> houghi
Sorry Houghi

cent quatre vingt deux should be 182 !!!

Could also be understood as 100 4 22.

--
JB

news.motzarella.org wrote:
> cent quatre vingt deux should be 182 !!!
>
> Could also be understood as 100 4 22.

Brainfart. 190 = 100.4.20.10

There are several more numbers in that range that do the same. I somehow
wanted to convert it to 192, so that it could be seen as part of 192.168
And in the old days most belgian IPs where in the range of 19*.

houghi
--
The whole principle [of censorship] is wrong. It's like demanding that
grown men live on skim milk because the baby can't have steak.
-- Robert A. Heinlein in "The Man Who Sold the Moon"

On 2008-08-26, houghi wrote:

>> In Belgian French at least, 90 is nonante (conection to nine)
>> In Swiss French, 80 is octante (connection to 8)
>
> And in both Belgium and Switserland it is also septante for 70
>
> The French is a bith when working with IP numbers.
> cent quatre vingt deux
> Is that 100.4.20.2 or 192?
>
> Also because the Dutch say twee-en-veertig (two and fourty) and English
> says fourty-two for 42, I have learned to say things number by number.

That's the one I'd make an efford adapting to: putting the tens and units in
the rights place, for Dutch and German. Not twee-en-veertig, but
veertig-twee.




--
Hanlon's Razor:
Never attribute to malice that which is
adequately explained by stupidity.

В Вторник 26 авгу�та 2008 11:26, houghi пи�ал:
> There are several more numbers in that range that do the same. I somehow
> wanted to convert it to 192, so that it could be seen as part of 192.168
> And in the old days most belgian IPs where in the range of 19*.

Then you probably meant "cent quatre-vingt douze" (100 + 4 * 20 + 12) ;-)
By the way, 192 could be easily understood as 100.80.12 or 100.4.20.12 or
180.12 or 104.20.12 etc... :-)

Best regards,
Mateusz Viste

Mateusz Viste wrote:
> В Вторник 26 авгу�та 2008 11:26, houghi пи�ал:
>> There are several more numbers in that range that do the same. I somehow
>> wanted to convert it to 192, so that it could be seen as part of 192.168
>> And in the old days most belgian IPs where in the range of 19*.
>
> Then you probably meant "cent quatre-vingt douze" (100 + 4 * 20 + 12) ;-)
> By the way, 192 could be easily understood as 100.80.12 or 100.4.20.12 or
> 180.12 or 104.20.12 etc... :-)

Indeed. That is why I always repeated it number by number. I still do
the same with numbers in other languages.

houghi
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At the source of every error which is blamed on the computer you will
find at least two human errors, including the error of blaming it on
the computer.