P*rl in Latin, whither Python?
Erik Max Francis
max at alcyone.com
Sun Nov 12 21:00:13 EST 2000
Steve Lamb wrote:
> Esperanto, OTOH, does not.
> I can count to 999,999 but that is only because I haven't learned the
> Esperanto word for million yet.
It's `miliono.'
> English: 11 = Eleven. The English words for 1-10 don't prepare you
> for
> "Eleven". Nor Twelve or Thirteen.
Not all natural languages are like that. Counting in Japanese is very
straightforward, for instance.
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