Re: [lojban] Re: fi'u was Re:lanzu usage

[Pierre Abbat <phma@webjockey.net>]

On Friday 26 March 2004 17:19, Bob LeChevalier wrote:
> I never considered the use of boi to be that problematical, especially
> since it can be required sometimes even with pure numbers (JCB's classic
> example was "five 55-gallon drums").

Ambiguous in English is "five hundred fifty five gallon drums". The total 
capacity can be 555, 2750, 27500, or any multiple of 555 that is greater than 
555.

phma

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