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The image is from a classic Sesame Street animation.
KC-DOZUnsure if you know this already, but the singers from this Sesame Street clip are The Pointer Sisters, who had been on tour as a gospel group along the East coast, when Herbie Hancock, who was arranging the music, called them in for a single session between shows. He was so impressed with their versatility and improvisational skills that word got out, and eventually they were given a chance to perform material that was more AOR radio-ready.
I did not know. Thank you for sharing. 😁
Elias Mårtenson@dgar @KCDOZ I'm curious as to why they count to 12 of all things.
The comparable show back when I was a kid was "Fem myror är fler än fyra elefanter" and in it they counted to 20, which seems a lot more logical?
Fem myror - Elefanten räknar till 20
Fem myror är fler än fyra elefanter. När elefanten räknar till 20 och det tar extra tid för honom att få fram siffran 14.
Twelve was once considered to be a magical number. There’s twelve months in a year. Twelve disciples in the Gospels. Twelve inches to a foot. Twelve hours on a clock. Twelve eggs in a carton. The magic comes from its useful divisibility in trades and markets, something traders have known since numbers were first invented. One could buy a dozen bread rolls and divide them between two, three, four, or six people.
The magic has been depreciated somewhat by a decimal and digital culture we have today.
Laukidh@dgar one theory is that a group that counted base 5 merged with a group that counted base 12 and they ended up using 60. https://www.thoughtco.com/why-we-still-use-babylonian-mathematics-116679
