Re:Pronunciations for hexadecimal numbers (1968)
by tasogare on Monday August 26, 2019 @10:19AM
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I personally prefer octante. Septante and huitante sounds to much like just slapping -tante to 7 and 8. And just to be coherent, I would love to have heptante for 70.
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Re:Pronunciations for hexadecimal numbers (1968)
by FoeNyx on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @04:00AM
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"septante", "octante", "nonante" would be coherently based on Latin etymons, but if you want to coherently use "heptante", which relies on a Greek etymon, you should probably also use "ennéante" in lieu of "nonante".