- From: timeless <timeless@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 13:54:52 +0300
- To: "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com>, Matitiahu Allouche <matial@il.ibm.com>
- Cc: public-i18n-core@w3.org, WWW International <www-international@w3.org>, www-international-request@w3.org, www-style list <www-style@w3.org>
On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 12:26 AM, Matitiahu Allouche <matial@il.ibm.com> wrote: > If I understand what Tab Atkins means, in the first case (paragraph 5), the > number 10 will be expressed with the tenth letter of the alphabet and the > number 11 will be expressed with the eleventh letter of the alphabet > (without the final forms). In the second case (paragraph 9), the number 10 > will be expressed with the tenth letter of the alphabet and the number 11 > will be expressed with the tenth letter followed by the first letter. > Both systems are legitimate, but the second one is more natural in modern > usage. Afaik the second system is also more natural in classic forms. Tab: note that at least 15 and 16 are written as 9+6 and 9+7 instead of 10+(5,6). There are actually a couple of other amusing exceptions, see: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53012 for a discussion.
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