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From: henry@netcom.com (Henry Polard)
Subject: Re: Arabic numbering system
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In article <43k2kr$7t8@starbase.neosoft.com>,
>And only then
>
>    16  dix-six
>    17  dix-sept
>-- 
>  "When *I* use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean,
>   neither more nor less."  --  Humpty Dumpty
But in Real World French(TM), 16 is seize, not dix-six.
-- Henry Polard
