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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…

7 days ago

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…

1 week ago

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…

6 months ago

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