From: fournet.arnaud
Message: 55658
Date: 2008-03-22
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From: Rick McCallister
To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 10:56 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] Fwd: Phonetic change lo-no in some languages
So perhaps they were counting by placing the thumb
against each finger in turn?
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I have also read that
the odd bases 12 and 60 can derive
from the fact that :
one hand has 4 fingers of 3 knuckles
hence 12
and the other hand has 5 fingers
so 5 * 12 = 60
Arnaud
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