More About Number-Names

Authors

Edward R. Wolpow

Abstract

This article continues my investigations of the logological properties of number-names begun in the February 1980 Word Ways with "Alphabetizing the Integers". Following the practice of Webster's Third New International Dictionary, we consider number-names up to, but not including, one thousand vigintillion. Furthermore, we disregard all 'ands' and specify that no power of ten can stand alone without a modifier: e.g., ONE MILLION, but not MILLION. All calculations reported below have been made with a hand calculator, so it may be worth verifying and extending these results with the aid of a high speed digital computer.

Recommended Citation

Wolpow, Edward R. (1981) "More About Number-Names," Word Ways: Vol. 14 : Iss. 3 , Article 12.
Retrieved from: https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/wordways/vol14/iss3/12