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Jose
Jose asked in Society & CultureLanguages · 1 decade ago

How come last names don't include numbers?

Update:

To Vaughn C:

We do speak in numbers (albeit rarely). Have you heard of King Henry VIII?

Update 2:

To grim reaper:

What about William Henry "Bill" Gates III? Doesn't his name have a number?

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  • あな日田
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
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    you can be the first one to try this out....

    how about one thousand four hundred twenty three?

  • Vaughn C
    1 decade ago

    Because we don't speak in numbers? we speak in letters...

    Source(s): speaker of a language based on letters...
  • zack
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    henryVII is his title not his name....

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