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TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Lv_InSaNe_vL@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  So in Chinese traditions “10000” is just a stand in for “really big number”. Kind of like how, at least here in the states, well say “there’s a million of them”. Not that there is literally 1,000,000 of the thing, but more there is just a lot of them.

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  • azi@mander.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    there’s a myriad of phrases like that

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    • m0darn@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Just to spell it out for people: myriad means 10,000 but has been used as a stand in for “huge variety” for so long that people don’t know that anymore.

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    • _g_be@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah, a ton

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• ExtraMedicated@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Still pretty impressive for an owl.

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• unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  If words count as things, then most people know way more than that.

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  • Damage@feddit.it ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Even concepts can easily surpass that

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    • four@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I know at least 8356 numbers alone

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      • helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Wow, I only know 8355 numbers. That’s very impressive.

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      • wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I can do ya one better…

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