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Discussion Topic  RE: Numbers from around the world (in Potpourri) by goofy
OK... so Hindi numbers from 1 to 100 are irregular. If Hindi had no writing system, would it be base......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Numbers from around the world (in Potpourri) by goofy
yes. I'm asking because your definition of base seems to have everything to do with how it is writte......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Numbers from around the world (in Potpourri) by goofy
Bob, what about a language with no writing system? Is it impossible to tell what base it uses, or do......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Numbers from around the world (in Potpourri) by goofy
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Discussion Topic  RE: Numbers from around the world (in Potpourri) by goofy
The French system of using 20 was probably borrowed from Celtic: soixante-dix "sixty-ten" for 70 and......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Numbers from around the world (in Potpourri) by goofy
"four and twenty" is just a fancy way of saying "twenty-four"....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Numbers from around the world (in Potpourri) by goofy
It's a good video, but it led me to expect something I didn't get. When he is talking about aliens h......
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Discussion Topic  RE: 2 adjectives (in Questions & Answers about Words) by goofy
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Discussion Topic  RE: Round Robin (in Questions & Answers about Words) by goofy
OED Online wrote: ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Is "forbade" forbidden? (in Potpourri) by goofy
I don't know how old it is. But the past tense of "bid" is "bid" so "forbid" as a past tense is not ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A or L? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by goofy
You're talking about how some companies use a capital A without the horizontal bar? That doesn't see......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Moist (in Questions & Answers about Words) by goofy
Offensive? Or just distasteful? ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: World's Easiest Writing System (in The Written Word) by goofy
You could argue that Japanese is more suited than English to be written with a syllabary. But Englis......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Why I always do those FB "grammar tests" (in Potpourri) by goofy
Not just words like irregardless; many words that everyone considers completely unremarkable arose b......
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Discussion Topic  RE: What does this mean to you? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by goofy
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Discussion Topic  RE: World's Easiest Writing System (in The Written Word) by goofy
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Discussion Topic  RE: World's Easiest Writing System (in The Written Word) by goofy
Just because he doesn't offer any convincing evidence. He says it's hard to write Korean with the Ch......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Why I always do those FB "grammar tests" (in Potpourri) by goofy
"Octopi" is based on a mistake, but that's irrelevant. "Octopodes" is the correct plural in Latin an......
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Discussion Topic  RE: World's Easiest Writing System (in The Written Word) by goofy
I don't buy the ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Why I always do those FB "grammar tests" (in Potpourri) by goofy
Ancient Greek ὀκτώπους (oktōpous) has the plural ὀκτώποδες (oktōpodes). Latin "octopus" was borrow......
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