Math or Magic? Decoding the Danish Number System
Among Germanic languages, Danish stands alone with a counting system that seems more like a math riddle than a vocabulary list. This article demystifies the infamous Danish base-20 system, explaining…
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Billion vs. Milliard: The Long Scale Confusion
When is a billion not a billion? This article explores the linguistic tug-of-war between the "Short Scale" (used in the US and UK) and the "Long Scale" (used in Continental…
The Language of Numbers Stations
Tune your shortwave radio to the right frequency, and you might hear it: a disembodied voice reading strings of numbers into the void. These are numbers stations, one of the…