Creazle@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 year agoquatre-vingtslemmy.worldimagemessage-square86fedilinkarrow-up1776arrow-down110
arrow-up1766arrow-down1imagequatre-vingtslemmy.worldCreazle@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square86fedilink
minus-squareBlyfh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoI think this actually roots in the problems of conversion to base ten from base twelve. Not sure though, maybe I remembered this wrong.
minus-squareDarthCluck@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoBeing lazy and not going to look it up. I can’t help it to wonder if it’s also based in Sumerian’s base 60
minus-squaremonsieur_jean@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoIt’s base 20. 80 in French is 4 x 20. A long time ago, 60 was “trois-vingt”, 3 x 20. We still have a hospital in Paris called “Hopital des Quinze-Vingts”, 15 x 20 because it used to have 300 beds.
I think this actually roots in the problems of conversion to base ten from base twelve. Not sure though, maybe I remembered this wrong.
Being lazy and not going to look it up. I can’t help it to wonder if it’s also based in Sumerian’s base 60
It’s base 20.
80 in French is 4 x 20. A long time ago, 60 was “trois-vingt”, 3 x 20. We still have a hospital in Paris called “Hopital des Quinze-Vingts”, 15 x 20 because it used to have 300 beds.
Oh, neat! Thanks for clearing this up.