tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jul 06 23:06:15 1998

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Re: Question from a newbie

• From: "Quvar muHwI'" <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: Question from a newbie
• Date: Mon, 06 Jul 1998 23:37:36 +0200
• In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>

ghItlh lung:

> This seems reasonable, since we don't acknowledge the zero in our
>own base ten system.  The zero is a place holder, it marks the center
>of the number line and is otherwise useful, but if most people really
>thought of it as a number wouldnt our counting system be called base
>eleven?

Don't confuse "numbers" and "digits".
I count ten "digits":
 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 

muHwI'

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