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On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 10:03 AM, Wang Xuerui <idontknw.wang@gmail.com>wrote=
:

> 2012/3/3 Sebastian Fr=F6jd <so.cool.ogi@gmail.com>:
> > I've been trying to find the reference of what I've been reading, but I
> > haven't found it yet. From what I remember, it was something about
> chinese
> > count like eight-nine-ten-tenone-tentwo etc, instead of the illogical
> > eleven-twelve etc. So that could be the cause why chinese children gras=
p
> the
> > base-10 position system earlier. Unfortunately I have no reference to
> this
> > research at the moment. But maybe this could be a start?:
> >
> Chinese numeral expressions are mostly regular... in the "ten-one,
> ten-two" situation the leading "one"s are omitted, and for large
> numbers it is sometimes acceptable to just say the individual digits;
> i remember having said something like "the file size is five four
> three two eight zero six bytes" for my classmate to verify the
> transferred data.


That sounds pretty normal to me. It's like 'spelling' a number to verify
it. Phone numbers are read the same way.

stevo

> And ordinals are formed by simply prefixing
> cardinals.
>
> Maybe the irregularities lie in alternative counting symbols like the
> ancient Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches... actually not many
> Chinese people can enumerate all of the characters, let alone writing
> down them :P
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<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 10:03 AM, Wang Xu=
erui <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:idontknw.wang@gmail.com">idont=
knw.wang@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quot=
e" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">

2012/3/3 Sebastian Fr=F6jd &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:so.cool.ogi@gmail.com">so.=
cool.ogi@gmail.com</a>&gt;:<br>
<div class=3D"im">&gt; I&#39;ve been trying to find the reference of what I=
&#39;ve been reading, but I<br>
&gt; haven&#39;t found it yet. From what I remember, it was something about=
 chinese<br>
&gt; count like eight-nine-ten-tenone-tentwo etc, instead of the illogical<=
br>
&gt; eleven-twelve etc. So that could be the cause why chinese children gra=
sp the<br>
&gt; base-10 position system earlier. Unfortunately I have no reference to =
this<br>
&gt; research at the moment. But maybe this could be a start?:<br>
&gt;<br>
</div>Chinese numeral expressions are mostly regular... in the &quot;ten-on=
e,<br>
ten-two&quot; situation the leading &quot;one&quot;s are omitted, and for l=
arge<br>
numbers it is sometimes acceptable to just say the individual digits;<br>
i remember having said something like &quot;the file size is five four<br>
three two eight zero six bytes&quot; for my classmate to verify the<br>
transferred data. </blockquote><div><br></div><div>That sounds pretty norma=
l to me. It&#39;s like &#39;spelling&#39; a number to verify it. Phone numb=
ers are read the same way.=A0</div><div><br></div><div>stevo</div><blockquo=
te class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc so=
lid;padding-left:1ex">

And ordinals are formed by simply prefixing<br>
cardinals.<br>
<br>
Maybe the irregularities lie in alternative counting symbols like the<br>
ancient Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches... actually not many<br>
Chinese people can enumerate all of the characters, let alone writing<br>
down them :P<br>
<div class=3D"HOEnZb"><div class=3D"h5"><br>
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