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wombat2u2004
07-06-2007, 07:57 PM
Bet you do not know this . Very interesting !


Letters 'a', 'b', 'c ' & 'd' do not appear anywhere in the spellings of 1 to 99
(Letter 'd' comes for the first time in Hundred)

Letters 'a', 'b' & 'c ' do not appear anywhere in the spellings of 1 to 999
(Letter 'a' comes for the first time in Thousand)

Letters 'b' & 'c' do not appear anywhere in the spellings of 1 to 999,999,999
(Letter 'b' comes for the first time in Billion)

And

Letter 'c' does not appear anywhere in in the spellings of entire English Counting

How surprising!
mrspunkysmom
07-06-2007, 10:58 PM
That's interesting Wom.

'C' does show for the first time in decillion which is 10 to the 33 power. However, I have yet to find "Z" in any number in the English language.

I wonder how this plays out in other European languages?

"Z" is in Zehn and Zwei.

anybody else?
mrspunkysmom
07-08-2007, 12:02 AM
Wombat, you got me started.

Z is in Zero but that is not a counting number. Zillion is not a real number, but a word to express an impossibly large number.

"P" shows up in septillion. "Q" shows in quadrillion.

I've not seen 'j' in any number name.

Big Numbers (http://g42.org/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=BigNumbers)

have Fun
wombat2u2004
07-08-2007, 12:27 AM
Wombat, you got me started.

Z is in Zero but that is not a counting number. Zillion is not a real number, but a word to express an impossibly large number.

"P" shows up in septillion. "Q" shows in quadrillion.

I've not seen 'j' in any number name.

Big Numbers (http://g42.org/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=BigNumbers)

have Fun

What about.........Jazillion ????
Wom
Catty1
07-08-2007, 12:52 AM
GIGAjazillion!!! :D
wombat2u2004
07-08-2007, 01:19 AM
LotsandlotsaGigajazillion ????
RICHARD
07-08-2007, 01:29 AM
The letters U-T-A and H spell Utah and do not appear in the word 'GOOGLE' :confused:
wombat2u2004
07-08-2007, 02:12 AM
The letters U-T-A and H spell Utah and do not appear in the word 'GOOGLE' :confused:

You are cheating Richard. You used a dictionary....didn't you ???
Wom
mrspunkysmom
07-08-2007, 01:53 PM
Donning her Math teacher hat:


What about.........Jazillion ????


Zillion is not a real number, but a word to express an impossibly large number.

Same with Gazillion. Gives an air of credulity to the number without being specific.

I suspect you knew that already and were just having me on.

I like gigajazillion. Cute one, Catty1.

Of course, nothing beats 50-11 as an expression.