In message <g29lb2$jg8$2@news.albasani.net>
"Steve Terry" <gFOURwwk@tesco.net> wrote:

>
> "Dave Higton" <davehigton@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
> news:1688d9aa4f.davehigton@dsl.pipex.com...
> > In message <g29bae$uha$1@news.albasani.net>
> > "Steve Terry" <gFOURwwk@tesco.net> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> "Iain" <no-one@hairydog.co.uk> wrote in message
> >> news:1212687538.29829.0@proxy00.news.clara.net...
> >> > Steve Terry wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Which part of late 80's did the 1998 Nokia 9000 GSM communicator come
> >> >> out?
> >> >
> >> > I think you'll find that it came out in nineteen eighty eighteen.
> >> > Iain
> >> >
> >> Or if you are French, Nineteen Sixty Twenty Eighteen.
> >
> > ?????????
> >
> > How about nineteen hundred four twenties ten eight?
> > Dave
> >
> Umm yes, that's what I meant, but why don't they have words for 70, 80 and
> 90?

Ah, the joys of natural language.

Dave