← Back to context Comment by poizan42 11 years ago And every since has that poor kid believed that "Five hundred and one and one" was a valid number. 7 comments poizan42 Reply Xophmeister 11 years ago It kind-of-is, it's just not particularly well-formed/ambiguous linguistically. GotAnyMegadeth 11 years ago A bit like 99 in French: quatre-vingt-dix-neuffour twenties and ten and nine eitland 11 years ago I knew the Danes where counting in a crazy way but I didn't know the French did this as well.One more reason I'm happy English is the most common international language I guess. 2 replies → BenoitP 11 years ago Peano says it is a valid number.
Xophmeister 11 years ago It kind-of-is, it's just not particularly well-formed/ambiguous linguistically. GotAnyMegadeth 11 years ago A bit like 99 in French: quatre-vingt-dix-neuffour twenties and ten and nine eitland 11 years ago I knew the Danes where counting in a crazy way but I didn't know the French did this as well.One more reason I'm happy English is the most common international language I guess. 2 replies →
GotAnyMegadeth 11 years ago A bit like 99 in French: quatre-vingt-dix-neuffour twenties and ten and nine eitland 11 years ago I knew the Danes where counting in a crazy way but I didn't know the French did this as well.One more reason I'm happy English is the most common international language I guess. 2 replies →
eitland 11 years ago I knew the Danes where counting in a crazy way but I didn't know the French did this as well.One more reason I'm happy English is the most common international language I guess. 2 replies →
It kind-of-is, it's just not particularly well-formed/ambiguous linguistically.
A bit like 99 in French: quatre-vingt-dix-neuf
four twenties and ten and nine
I knew the Danes where counting in a crazy way but I didn't know the French did this as well.
One more reason I'm happy English is the most common international language I guess.
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Peano says it is a valid number.