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As a follow up to yesterday's post about 1987 and 2013, here's another peculiarity I recently learned about. The words for the ten digits we use so much in all of our math are lacking something. Anyone care to guess what that might be? 
Zero One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight Nine
Chris Meech
I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar]
In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. [Yogi Berra]
posting about Crystal Reports here is like discussing gay marriage on a catholic church’s website.[Nishant Sivakumar]
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The vowel 'a' ?
Christian Graus
Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista.
Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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That's correct. I guess this one was either easier or more well known than the one I posted about yesterday.
Chris Meech
I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar]
In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. [Yogi Berra]
posting about Crystal Reports here is like discussing gay marriage on a catholic church’s website.[Nishant Sivakumar]
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I thinking it was easy as you hinted to it heavily in the way you posed it i.e. 'what are they lacking' as they were in word form it could only be a letter, then it was just a case of working out which one.
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I think you hinted too heavily, it was the first thing I thought of and I felt like you'd led me to it.
Christian Graus
Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista.
Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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Correct. You and CG posted quickly and almost at the same time.
Chris Meech
I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar]
In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. [Yogi Berra]
posting about Crystal Reports here is like discussing gay marriage on a catholic church’s website.[Nishant Sivakumar]
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>>>> Letter 'a' comes for the first time in Thousand
This is not true if you are British (or possibly just not American) as 'a' first appears in "one hundred and one"
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For me it would be ninety eight, ninety nine, a hundred
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
Shed Petition[ ^]
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The word 'and' has no place in numbers! 
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde
Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
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I never noticed, but hey, I never wrote it!
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Chris Quinn wrote: >>>> Letter 'a' comes for the first time in Thousand
Too many possible jokes... Can't pick one... Probably would be Soapbox-worthy anyway...
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Great site. Interesting and useless trivia. Like most things I know.
Chris Meech
I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar]
In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. [Yogi Berra]
posting about Crystal Reports here is like discussing gay marriage on a catholic church’s website.[Nishant Sivakumar]
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I can't consider a number with a 'x', also.
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ProgramFOX wrote: I can't consider a number with a 'x'
Six... 
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde
Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
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It's alright. I actually had to think about it for a few seconds, when suddenly "six" hit me. 
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde
Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
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They're missing half the alphabet, not just 'a'.
a,b,c,d,j,k,l,m,p,q,w,x,y
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harold aptroot wrote: a,b,c,d,j,k,l,m,p,q,w,x,y
You might want to check that list again.... one, tWo
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Finally, someone speaking for the masses...
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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a,b,c,d,j,k,l,m,p,q,w,x,y
thousAnD
Billion
oCtillion or the proposed new name of oKtillion - leaving deCillion to provide a use for C.
eLeven
Million
sePtillion
Quintillion
tWo
siX
sixtY
...leaving only J as the sole letter not included in the number gang.
- Life in the fast lane is only fun if you live in a country with no speed limits.
- Of all the things I have lost, it is my mind that I miss the most.
- I vaguely remember having a good memory...
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Bacon?
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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