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From: dik@cwi.nl (Dik T. Winter)
Subject: Re: Danish Numbers (was: Linguistics for Kids)
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Date: Fri, 17 Mar 1995 00:47:43 GMT
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In article <D5ItLv.Gu@midway.uchicago.edu> rmk4@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
 >                                                            When somebody
 > explains how half-third (or fourth or fifth) can come to mean 2.5 (or 3.5
 > or 4.5, respectively), then I'll believe there is some logic to the system.
 > 
Whole first, whole second, half third.
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