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		Symbiote 12 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: An NFC movie library for my kids Perhaps in some regions, but in general asking "is this the stop for the eight-and-sixty bus?" would confuse most British people. I've only even seen the Germanic number ordering in poetry.

timthorn 12 months ago [–]

I agree, and it is an unusual turn of phrase these days, but I think it's the scenario here that would be confusing. The number 68 bus is a label rather than a quantity, which makes a difference.

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