Idiot sightings

monster · 02-02-2010, 06:44 PM

Well I guess one fourth makes sense logically.... one third, one fourth, one fifth.

I think I'll campaign for a change to onteen, twoteen and threeteen

Urbane Guerrilla · 02-03-2010, 01:58 AM

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Originally Posted by monster

I think I'll campaign for a change to onteen, twoteen and threeteen

Which happens to be exactly how they do it in Russian: odinadsat', dvenadsat', trinadsat'.

And exactly how they don't do it in the Romance languages: French until sixteen, Spanish until fifteen.

You pick up your textbook, you take your choice.

02-02-2010, 06:44 PM	#1
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Well I guess one fourth makes sense logically.... one third, one fourth, one fifth. I think I'll campaign for a change to onteen, twoteen and threeteen __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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