Birthe C wrote: > > Do they go all dementia senilis then if they get a limb amputation? >
Lol. Its not a bad question! With higher numbers many body part counting systems do refer to other people's bodies. For instance for numbers over 10 (decimal 27) you could count someone else's parts (10 me + 10 Birthe + 4 Mark = 58 decimal). And if you lacked an arm (makes your body base-18) you could might count someone else's bits to make up :-). Whilst linguistics has correct focus on the "inalienability of body concepts", especially in oral cultures, that won't apply to counting which is ennumertion of body parts. TT -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/1b11585a-6287-476c-beb8-bdecff3e28a5%40googlegroups.com.
