What Is the Icelandic Word for “Four”? Fjórar. No, fjórir. No, fjögurra. No, fjarki. No …
By Daniel Tammet from slate.com: Illustration by Alex Eben Meyer The following is an excerpt from Thinking in Numbers: On Life, Love, Meaning, and Math, by Daniel Tammet, out now from Little, Brown. Ask an Icelander what comes after three and he will answer, “Three what?” Ignore the warm blood of annoyance as it fills […]