On 30 Jul 2003 16:10:45 GMT, piotr5@unet.univie.ac.at (Caspar The
Unfriendly Ghost) wrote:

>9441 posts.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> We're going for a zillion posts.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>I saw the word zillion used in a crossword puzzle recently.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> What was the clue?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>No, it was the answer.
>>>>> 
>>>>> What was the clue for which 'zillion' was the answer?
>> I think Phil will agree with this... The clue was "Uncountable number."
>>> 
>>> shouldn't then the word have been alefone?
>>> but then, they didn't say it was supposed to be infinite.
>>> so the definition of "zillion" would be finite but
>>> uncountable number?
>> 
>> They didn't say it was supposed to be finite, either. Just uncountable.
>
>strangely nobody says "uncountable" to alefone, they say it's
>"uncountably infinite" and if I say just "uncountable" then I
>get a lot of strange looking imposed on me...

If there is one object that you are not aware of and cannot detect,
wouldn't that object be "uncountable" by you?

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