NUMBERS

The Cardinal Numbers

one	ip
two	*twip*
three	*trip*
four	*fip*
five	*flip*
six	*sip*
seven	*zip*
eight	*jip*
nine	*dip*
ten	*tip*
TEEN	*TIP* + #

Zero, of course, is "zip."

thirteen	*tip-trip*
fourteen	*tip-fip*
etc.

twenty	*twippity* (example: 23 = *twippity trip*
thirty	*trippity*
forty, etc.	*fippity, flippity, sippity, zippity* (my favorite), etc.

hundred	tippity
thousand	tippita
million	tippitaat
billion	tippisaagan (In memory of Carl)

The word "number" is "nip."

Example:
Number 3,000 = (either) nip tip tippita, (or, for the sake of the rhyme, as thirty hundreds) nip trippity-tippity.
Big-ass example:
4,672,923,324 =
fip-tippisaagan, sip-tippity zippity-twip tippitaat, dip-tippity twippity-trip tippita, trip-twippity twippity-fip

The Ordinals
The adjectival version of numbers is created by simply adding the "-s" suffix. EXAMPLES:
First = ips
Second = twips
324th = trip-tippity twippity-fips
A mixed example:
one fourth = ip-fips

MULTIPLES OF NUMBERS

For multiples of numbers, merely st-stutter.

once	*i-ip*
twice	*t-twip*
thrice	*t-trip*
a dozen times	*t-tip-twip*

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