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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by Hjalamanger@feddit.nu to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

We have basic words for the numbers zero to three, so why not use them to count?

  • None (0)
  • Single (1)
  • pair (2)
  • Multiple (3+ but we'll use it as three)

So with those "digits" we can construct some numbers:

  1. Single
  2. pair
  3. Multiple
  4. Single nothing
  5. Single single
  6. Single pair
  7. Single multiple
  8. Pair of nothing
  9. Pair of singels
  10. Pair of pairs

And of course we can construct bigger numbers like:
42 = 4²×2+4¹×2+4⁰×2 = pair of pairs of pairs
128 = 4³×2 = pair of absolute complete nothinges For this last one I just use some adjectives to repeat the "nothing" as it looks really weird with multiple nothing in a row.

The distance between Stockholm and Gothenburg is a single multiple of none multiple multiples

Could I have a single multiple of bananas please?

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[-] DavidGA@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

Why not use “triple” for three, which actually does mean three.

[-] Hjalamanger@feddit.nu -1 points 5 months ago

If you ask someone for "multiple" of something their almost always going to give you three of that thing (or nothing). In that context multiple is just three and as @CatsGoMOW@lemmy.world pointed out, if I use triple I could as well keep going with higher numbers (quadrupole etc)

[-] My_friend_Johnny@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

The victim was shot multiple times. I don't see this as 3. I'd see this as 5 or 6 times

[-] Hjalamanger@feddit.nu 1 points 5 months ago

Yeah, your probably right; my English ain't perfect. A few would probably have been better to use as @RainfallSonata@lemmy.world pointed out

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