Ar 15:00 -0800 2000-05-15, scríobh Christopher John Fynn:
>Michael Everson <everson@egt.ie> wrote:
>
>...
>>>Out of curiosity, may I ask you what duodecimal numbers are used for?
>
>>Duodecimal math. Elves used it. But they have their own digits. See
>> http://www.egt.ie/standards/iso10646/pdf/tengwar.pdf
>
>Does this mean that elves had six digits on each hand?
No, they count the knuckles of each of the four fingers with their thumb
(as they do in India).
>BTW Why haven't we yet seen a proposal from Ireland for the leprechaun script?
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