tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post1371410172901722378..comments2024-03-25T17:27:38.456+01:00Comments on Itchy Feet: the Travel and Language Comic: Très ChildishMalachi Ray Rempenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12827725501736261649noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-71264565760117332312016-02-08T17:45:00.559+01:002016-02-08T17:45:00.559+01:00This is great!This is great!Malachi Ray Rempenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12827725501736261649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-27369656358094088962016-01-18T19:28:55.156+01:002016-01-18T19:28:55.156+01:00If you have not seen this numberphile video, it ha...If you have not seen this numberphile video, it has a good explanation of the linguistics of different languages concerning numbers.<br />58 and other Confusing Numbers - Numberphile<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4bmZ1gRqCcThriobologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04230795490773300973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-51944574007837585232015-12-17T21:25:13.641+01:002015-12-17T21:25:13.641+01:00niceniceAllen jeleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10312119051975318074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-79344358754378166772015-10-10T21:13:17.931+02:002015-10-10T21:13:17.931+02:00Don't be ridiculous. It's sixty AND eleve...Don't be ridiculous. It's sixty AND eleven!Rinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14990701676129358336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-67554977520900973362015-10-05T15:30:42.233+02:002015-10-05T15:30:42.233+02:00Lol, that reminds me of the time my dad was taking...Lol, that reminds me of the time my dad was taking French classes and one day came home laughing. As the class struggled to comprehend the strange french number system the teacher complained that the Belgians were crazy as they used septante, octante and neufante - which the teacher thought was "tre complicated!"tina_6500 / TheFeldhamsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15513802215016956418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-22247943049122080372015-09-27T09:15:49.055+02:002015-09-27T09:15:49.055+02:00Bless the Swiss, may their numerals continue to be...Bless the Swiss, may their numerals continue to be decimal-based and their fondues continue to be pungent and tasty.Malachi Ray Rempenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12827725501736261649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-5278390733673243672015-09-26T15:47:51.820+02:002015-09-26T15:47:51.820+02:00I lived in Switzerland for a time and was very muc...I lived in Switzerland for a time and was very much relived to find that Swiss French uses a real decimal numbering system. Septante, octante and nonante, as one might expect. Malachi, I prefer your reaction of humor; when I was learning French I threw a tantrum when I got to 70!<br /><br />http://www.languagesandnumbers.com/how-to-count-in-french-switzerland/en/fra-che/jgoldber13noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-9424862910456303652015-09-22T07:46:06.013+02:002015-09-22T07:46:06.013+02:00I figured it was funny enough to complain about tw...I figured it was funny enough to complain about twice! ^_^<br /><br />And "halvfjerdsindstyvende" sounds like the name of some Lovecraftian beast out of hell Malachi Ray Rempenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12827725501736261649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-61258627617961957722015-09-21T16:16:53.730+02:002015-09-21T16:16:53.730+02:00I propose we switch all languages to binary counti...I propose we switch all languages to binary counting, after all we are living in the age of computers!<br /><br />There 10 types of people: Those who understand binary and those who don't. LennStarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-14040614079321582772015-09-21T01:57:53.486+02:002015-09-21T01:57:53.486+02:00I know, right? Also, Malachi, you already complain...I know, right? Also, Malachi, you already complained about French numbers in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but that's OK. :-)Étienne Murasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01703875439801356764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-18935731985876170632015-09-20T13:37:04.655+02:002015-09-20T13:37:04.655+02:00Vigesimal (ie. using multiples of 20 as base numbe...Vigesimal (ie. using multiples of 20 as base number) numeral systems are pretty common in the Celtic languages too, at least in the traditional numeral systems which are even more extensive than in French. Danish has a similar numeral system.Znexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15849735275055611529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-30051914755283063832015-09-20T13:35:56.033+02:002015-09-20T13:35:56.033+02:00If you think French is bad, meet Danish:
http://s...If you think French is bad, meet Danish:<br /><br />http://satwcomic.com/just-a-numberPhilnoreply@blogger.com