An interesting little tid bit !!!!

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07-06-2007, 07:57 PM
wombat2u2004

An interesting little tid bit !!!!

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!
07-06-2007, 10:58 PM
mrspunkysmom

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?
07-08-2007, 12:02 AM
mrspunkysmom

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

have Fun
07-08-2007, 12:27 AM
wombat2u2004

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrspunkysmom

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

have Fun

What about.........Jazillion ????
Wom
07-08-2007, 12:52 AM
Catty1

GIGAjazillion!!! :D
07-08-2007, 01:19 AM
wombat2u2004

LotsandlotsaGigajazillion ????
07-08-2007, 01:29 AM
RICHARD

The letters U-T-A and H spell Utah and do not appear in the word 'GOOGLE' :confused:
07-08-2007, 02:12 AM
wombat2u2004

Quote:

Originally Posted by RICHARD

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
07-08-2007, 01:53 PM
mrspunkysmom

Donning her Math teacher hat:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wom

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

Quote:

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.