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iansinke
on Jan 27, 2012
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In which number system is 8 odd?
biot
on Jan 27, 2012
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It would be pretty odd in base 7.
mkr-hn
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Probably odd as in weird.
bryanlarsen
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odd as in "not-round". But agreed, poor choice of words. You'll notice later that I used "round" as the inverse. But what word should I have used? "not-round" is awkward.
mkr-hn
on Jan 27, 2012
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Use odd and hope you give it enough context for most people to understand. And be glad natural language is infinitely flexible. :)
JadeNB
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'Unusual'.
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