...oh. That makes much more sense now.

Nov 22, 2010 17:11

The Minbari on Babylon 5 use base 11 mathematics.  When Lennier says he studied mathematics after his eleventy-seventh year (s1e21) he means 18, not 117.

This was a source of great confusion to me, having previously heard "eleventy" only from Bilbo Baggins.  In s4e22 we learn that Delenn was 40 when the ISA was formed, and I have a lot of trouble ( Read more... )

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thegelf November 23 2010, 04:32:12 UTC
Now I want to go rewatch B5.

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parmalokwen November 23 2010, 16:38:47 UTC
Personally, I think it's far superior to Star Trek.

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thegelf November 24 2010, 01:47:04 UTC
Oh definitely.

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