[Zuben Elgenubi]

The two languages lack written notation, and their object-specific sequences--which count certain items in units of two, four, or eight--would simplify mental arithmetic.

Yeah, the usual six inches would be overlooked.

That's why 007 advertised his "length of experience." Left nothing to doubt.

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

"Anthropologists believe that such object-specific counting, in which words like "half-dozen" and "six" denote the same quantity but refer to different objects, preceded abstract counting systems, in which any number can describe any object."

Huh?

Half-dozen can be used for more objects than just eggs. A half-dozen ice cubes, a half-dozen stars, a half-dozen pigs, a half-dozen movies. There, just used half-dozen for other objects.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

In American English you’ve got the passel, the gob and the shitload.

[Cacique]

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[Hardastarboard]

I’m still waiting for a scientific study that explains why liberals are incapable of understanding economics. Now that would be worthwhile.