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Re:Seximal: A better way to count [video] by thomastjeffery on Friday June 22, 2018 @03:02PM (#17376477)
I think it would be better to just use new words. Using decimal digits for another base gets a little ambiguous anyway.
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Re:Seximal: A better way to count [video] by jobigoud on Saturday June 23, 2018 @01:07AM (#17379645)
Using specific words is cultural. There are languages were in order to say a big number you just enumerate its digits.
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Re:Seximal: A better way to count [video] by yorwba on Saturday June 23, 2018 @03:47AM (#17380061)
Such as Tongan: http://www.sf.airnet.ne.jp/ts/language/number/tongan.html

Do you know of another unrelated language that works similarly?

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