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Re: Ev Numbers (was: Re: Base 8 counting in Gevey)

From:David Peterson <digitalscream@...>
Date:Monday, October 29, 2001, 3:34
In a message dated 10/27/01 2:52:52 PM, matrix14@HOME.COM writes:

<< 16 - céth ë ash

17 - céth ë sél

18 - céth ë neth

19 - céth ë mär >>

    Doesn't "base x" mean that each of the digits that comprise x have a
separate name?  Am I sounding like a mathematical moron by saying so?  (I can
add and subtract--even multiply, if hard-pressed.  What more do you need?)

-David

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