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Re:Why is zero plural? (2024) by inopinatus on Tuesday January 21, 2025 @10:11PM (#42788511) 

    [A lesser light asks Ummon⫽
     What are the activities of a sramana>⫽
     Ummon answers⫽
     I have not the slightest idea⑊⫽
     The dim light then says⫽
     Why haven’t you any idea>⫽
     Ummon replies⫽
     I just want to keep my no-idea]
    ⠀
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Re:Why is zero plural? (2024) by Terr_ on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @12:26AM (#42789333)
I'm not seeing a "zero" in there that would allow us to test if it can be replaced with "no."

I would not expect that no->zero is, er, grammatically symmetric to zero->no.

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Re:Why is zero plural? (2024) by inopinatus on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @12:44AM (#42789439)
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Re:Why is zero plural? (2024) by Terr_ on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @03:55AM (#42790617)
Isn't it usually 無 for zen koans?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mu_(negative)

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Re:Why is zero plural? (2024) by inopinatus on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @06:30PM (#42798656)
Ummon understood nothing.
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