Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 11:51:58 GMT From: "Davo" <whatevernopsamever.net> Subject: Re: Why SAAB 93 !
"Johannes H Andersen" <johsnopsamanytime.co.uk> wrote in message news:3C7A213C.3F9AEBA2nopsamanytime.co.uk... > > > Davo wrote: > > > > > This was not intended to be a flame war. That could be noted by the smiley > > icons in my replies. :-) > > What makes it worse, is that in english there is virtually no difference > between the pronunciations of Saab 9-3 and Saab 93. Numbers that are > indicators, are often pronounced one by one, e.g. nine three in both cases. > In Danish that would be different, 93 = tre og halvfems. > > halvfems = (comes from) halv fem sins tyve = half five times twenty = > (5 - 1/2)*20 = 90. > > In french, this goes the other direction: 90 = quatre vint dis = 4*20+10. LOL, you should try the Russian version then! ahem > Anybody still awake? Of course, though I'm figuring our time zones are vastly different. Davo > Johannes