Re: Other bases was Re: Numbers from 1-10
| From: | Costentin Cornomorus <elemtilas@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, August 30, 2003, 22:14 |
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Andrew Patterson wrote:
> There is also the "score" =20 although this
> seems to have almost passed out
> of use, it was certainly used in counting
> historically.
Only in counting items (though there are
undoubtedly people that use score as a number).
Its use as a mass noun (?) or pronoun and in some
set phrases is still very much active.
Padraic.
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Samlan, isa-susansilo-war-mercumo crastandus, en! mercumes-don-crâgamando, en!
mercumes-dom-resmanstaro haccruçen-fon-Mursilbâm!
And now, the corpse lies limp, lo! even the body of strength, lo! even the body
of Mursilbâm that slew the monster!
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