FRIENDS - MAINLY BRUNO (it all came out from the French numbers). any thoughts why some numerals have specific names, others use composites? Example: (Fr:) onze, ...seize yet dixset etc. German elf, zwoelf yet dreizehen... same in English, Hungarian has composites above 10, Russian Italian etc. similarly. I don't know about Semitic (Arabic?), or Oriental numbers.
My 'pegs' idea shows the origin of the Roman numerals as 4 "IIII" being the maximum tolerable, why 5, 10 were invented with a different design, even 9 shows contempt. I believe - 2 - is the original counting base (eyes, hands, etc.) based on the more primitive Hungarian identification of a 1-eyed person as half-eyed, and 1 foot lost makes you 'half footed' etc. Any idea about the 'dozen'? 12 half tones make an octave, yet more primitive folks had pentatonic music (5). All that goes before the articulate speach evolution - I think. John M -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
