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#2 (permalink) Fri Jan 26, 2007 10:29 am 'We have 3333 registered users.' :) : How do you call this kind of numbers? |
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That's a good number, congratulations, English-test.net!
(How observant you are, Tamara!)
These are called symmetrical o reversible numbers.
There's a funny name for this in Spanish, which is also used for palindromes: it's 'capic?a' (from the Latin words for 'head' and 'tail'. |
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#3 (permalink) Fri Jan 26, 2007 11:44 am 'We have 3333 registered users.' :) : How do you call this kind of numbers? |
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Thanks, Conchita.
Now we have one more member, that's also great! :)
By the way, could anybody give some comments about the addition of -al for adjectives? (symmetric-symmetrical, ironic-ironical, graphic-graphical, and the like) _________________ It’s impossible to learn swimming without entering the water… |
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#5 (permalink) Fri Jan 26, 2007 12:40 pm 'We have 3333 registered users.' :) : How do you call this kind of numbers? |
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Tamara, for your German-lessons:
Numbers with some same cyphers are called "Schnapszahl"
Michael _________________ "Ho ho!" said the clown |
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#6 (permalink) Fri Jan 26, 2007 13:16 pm 'We have 3333 registered users.' :) : How do you call this kind of numbers? |
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Hi!
Thanks for the link, Pamela. This actually is my old question… and each time in reality I’m in doubt, which form is 'more appropriate' to be used.
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| Numbers with some same cyphers are called… |
'Just golden' :)
Schnaps??? Michael?! :?: :)
(This happens to be one of the (about) two dozens of German words I’m able to recognise (or at least think so). :lol: )
Thanks, Michael, for you kind efforts to make me even more multi-languaged person than I could even hope to be(come), ever. :) _________________ It’s impossible to learn swimming without entering the water… |
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#7 (permalink) Fri Jan 26, 2007 21:37 pm 'We have 3333 registered users.' :) : How do you call this kind of numbers? |
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| Tamara wrote: |
| Fan of Arabian horses wrote: |
| Numbers with some same cyphers are called… |
'Just golden' :) |
????----Hm... I?m curious. What?s wrong? Or have you just spoken it aloud? :lol: I did recently. Sounds quite funny!!!!!! _________________ "Ho ho!" said the clown |
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#8 (permalink) Fri Jan 26, 2007 22:53 pm 'We have 3333 registered users.' :) : How do you call this kind of numbers? |
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The next Big Number is, what, 3456?
This is called a Small Straight.
hehe _________________ Billie Jean is not my lover. Hee. |
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#9 (permalink) Sat Jan 27, 2007 11:33 am 'We have 3333 registered users.' :) : How do you call this kind of numbers? |
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Tom, I thought the next is 3344. Two Pairs, I mean. :)
| Fan of Arabian horses wrote: |
| I did recently. Sounds quite funny!!!!!! |
:) Yeah.
In Russian 'three' sounds exactly the same as the 'imperative' form of 'rub'. So, the classic primary school 'math-saying" is: 'three, three, three... - and there will be a hole' :) :lol:
No, no, nothing wrong, Michael. All right :). It was just my humble reference to my own thread/post about ‘golden numbers’. Phone ones. )) _________________ It’s impossible to learn swimming without entering the water… |
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#10 (permalink) Sat Jan 27, 2007 11:36 am 'We have 3333 registered users.' :) : How do you call this kind of numbers? |
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| Tamara wrote: |
| Tom, I though the next is 3344. Two Pairs, I mean. :) |
And then comes 3443. |
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#11 (permalink) Sat Jan 27, 2007 11:40 am 'We have 3333 registered users.' :) : How do you call this kind of numbers? |
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| you almost forgot 3434 |
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#12 (permalink) Sat Jan 27, 2007 11:41 am 'We have 3333 registered users.' :) : How do you call this kind of numbers? |
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| cornelius wrote: |
| you almost forgot 3434 |
I did forget. Well done! |
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#13 (permalink) Sat Jan 27, 2007 11:46 am 'We have 3333 registered users.' :) : How do you call this kind of numbers? |
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| Tamara wrote: |
In Russian 'three' sounds exactly the same as the 'imperative' form of 'rub'. So, the classic primary school 'math-saying" is: 'three, three, three... - and there wiil be a hole' :) :lol: |
:)
But before you get a hole, remember the English saying:
A stitch in time saves nine (three, three, three). |
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| Use simple English: rather by being or accepting to be prudently | ...k? ... a synonym for 1000? |