14.3497, Qs: Recording Microphones; French Counting System

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-14-3497. Thu Dec 18 2003. ISSN: 1068-4875.

Subject: 14.3497, Qs: Recording Microphones; French Counting System

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1)
Date:  Mon, 15 Dec 2003 04:54:48 -0500 (EST)
From:  Eva van Lier <eva.van.lier at meertens.knaw.nl>
Subject:  recording equipment (2)

2)
Date:  Tue, 16 Dec 2003 11:11:30 -0500 (EST)
From:  Kim Ruth <ruthkm at state.gov>
Subject:  Irregularity in French counting system

-------------------------------- Message 1 -------------------------------

Date:  Mon, 15 Dec 2003 04:54:48 -0500 (EST)
From:  Eva van Lier <eva.van.lier at meertens.knaw.nl>
Subject:  recording equipment (2)

Some weeks ago I posted a query about the usage of harddisk recorders
or minidisc for fieldwork. I will post a summary of the reactions I
received as soon as I have decided what to use and can report on my
own experiences.  Now I want to ask for some more advice: I am
planning to work with a Marantz recorder. Who has done so as well, and
what type of microphone have you used with it? I need one that can
pick up unstructured discourse between more than two people, but
leaves out as many background noise (traffic, music) as
possible. Thanks in advance!


-------------------------------- Message 2 -------------------------------

Date:  Tue, 16 Dec 2003 11:11:30 -0500 (EST)
From:  Kim Ruth <ruthkm at state.gov>
Subject:  Irregularity in French counting system

I am ''familiar'' with the counting system in English, French,
Spanish, German, Farsi and Arabic. Arabic is Semitic, others are
Indo-European.

All of them, beginning with 21, have a similar structure, with the
ones column either preceding or following the tens column.

E.G.,
31
Thirty One
Trenta Uno
Trente et Un
Ein und driesig
See o yek (Farsi)
Ahad wa Thalathin (Ar.)

French follows this scheme up to 69, at which point it goes ape,
70 - sixty ten - soixante dix
80 - four twenty - quatrevignt
90 - four twenty ten  - quatrevignt dix

Are there other Indo-Europen languages that do something similar, or
was there some specific historical circumstance in French history that
led to this peculiarity?

Language-Family:  Indo-European; Code: IE

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