When they go shopping, do they complain that everything costs an arm and a leg?
On Friday, October 11, 2019 at 9:28:57 AM UTC-7, @TiddlyTweeter wrote: > > 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/9cc4e6c5-6e2d-4bde-af60-f47a882ab5ba%40googlegroups.com.
