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| Title | How Do You Say '80'? |
| Body | Have you ever wondered why French uses the base twenty system for some numbers, such as 'quatre-vingt,' and base ten for others? A recent post to the FLTEACH listserv recommended this Web site for a brief history of numerical vocabulary in French. http://www.academie-francaise.fr/langue/questions.html#septante To read the entire discussion on the FLTEACH listserv, which focused on usage of words such as 'huitante' and 'nonante' in other countries, visit the FLTEACH archives at http://listserv.buffalo.edu/archives/flteach.html . Select 'January 2006' and scroll down to thread 103. |
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| Inputdate | 2006-01-12 16:43:00 |
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| Publishdate | 2006-01-16 00:00:00 |
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