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too numerous to mention

A list of 42 words by gangerh.

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The words for the numbers. Any number from minus infinity to infinity. And back. This list ensures that Wordie will never, ever run out of unique words to add.

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  • chained_bear commented on the list too-numerous-to-mention

    Cool list idea!

    Not to rain on your parade, but when numbers are spelled out, they generally don't have "and" in them. E.g., "five hundred and twenty-two" would actually be "five hundred twenty-two." Still, the list features phrases the way people say them, in which case the "and" makes sense. :)

    February 18, 2008

  • gangerh commented on the list too-numerous-to-mention

    Thank you c_b for your input. You certainly caused a shower as I set about doing some checking. I think the use of 'and' in spelling numbers is probably a function of where in the world you are. I'm guessing that you're not in England. Here in England we do tend to write using 'ands' in certain places, but not in every step down. If I can develop the patience some time I'll try to analyse the rules. To me it simply comes with useage. Here we do seem to write it as we say it. Otherwise to me it just seems 'wrong'. But I have heard numbers spoken the way you state - perhaps in American films? Interested to know - would you say 'one googol one'. 'Cause that sounds well minted! Ah, now the sun's out again!

    February 18, 2008

  • mollusque commented on the list too-numerous-to-mention

    How about eleventy one?

    February 19, 2008

  • thesuperiorbeing commented on the list too-numerous-to-mention

    Mollusque! You linked eleventy one without checking if it was on a list! I took it in in my orphanage! You should know better!

    February 19, 2008

  • thesuperiorbeing commented on the list too-numerous-to-mention

    Mollusque! You linked eleventy one without checking if it was on a list! I took it in in my orphanage! You should know better!

    February 19, 2008

  • chained_bear commented on the list too-numerous-to-mention

    Uhh... what?

    February 19, 2008

  • mollusque commented on the list too-numerous-to-mention

    Hi, TSB. Linking a word (by putting it in brackets) is not the same as listing and then delisting it. The tradition on Wordie when suggesting a candidate for listing is to bracket it for emphasis, whether or not it was previously listed. I didn't want to list eleventy-one, having already listed eleventy, but I thought gangerh might be interested in it.

    By the way eleventy one should be hyphenated, so perhaps it should be tagged as a misspelling. There are lots of ghosted words with that tag if you want to collect them.

    February 19, 2008

  • sionnach commented on the list too-numerous-to-mention

    How about the googolplex?

    February 19, 2008

  • yarb commented on the list too-numerous-to-mention

    I'd love to contribute to this list, gangerh - how about opening it?

    February 20, 2008

  • gangerh commented on the list too-numerous-to-mention

    Ta, sionnach. Btw, how many googolplexes would it take to change a universe? You only have a light bulb moment to answer.

    February 24, 2008

  • fbharjo commented on the list too-numerous-to-mention

    a mere myriad ???

    February 27, 2008

  • she commented on the list too-numerous-to-mention

    In the way of undecillion, the ascending scale of big, silly -illions:

    1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (duodecillion, 39 zeros)

    1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (tredecillion, 42 zeros)

    1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (quattuordecillion, 45 zeros)

    1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (quindecillion, 48 zeros)

    1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (sexdecillion, 51 zeros)

    1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (septendecillion, 54 zeros)

    1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (octodecillion, 57 zeros)

    1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (novemdecillion, 60 zeros)

    1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (vigintillion, 63 zeros)

    ...and a centillion, with 303 zeros.

    July 19, 2008

  • gangerh commented on the list too-numerous-to-mention

    Ooooooh! Thanks she. Delightful numbers I didn't know about.

    And they'd all be nothing without one!

    July 19, 2008

  • actung commented on the list too-numerous-to-mention

    How about zenzizenzizenzic, the 8th power of a number?

    March 7, 2012

  • gangerh commented on the list too-numerous-to-mention

    Added, actung. And thanks for bringing this list back on my radar.

    March 10, 2012