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Old 2009-06-25, 14:49   Link #65
velocity7
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tokkan View Post
She said 15497.
No, she said 15,498.

"ichi man go sen yon hyaku kyuu juu hachi"
= 1 x 10,000 + 5 x 1000 + 4 x 100 + 9 x 10 + 8

If it were 15,497, she would have said "nana" or "shichi" rather than "hachi".
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