tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jul 06 23:06:15 1998
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Re: Question from a newbie
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
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