Missing Words

Authors

Dmitri A. Borgmann

Abstract

If we wish to refer to the quantity midway between the numbers one and two, we say ONE AND A HALF. Elementary as the concept is, it has taken us four words to express it. By comparison, there are a good many other languages in which just one word will suffice.

Recommended Citation

Borgmann, Dmitri A. (1970) "Missing Words," Word Ways: Vol. 3 : Iss. 1 , Article 16.
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