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Let's note that this fall apart in Metropolitan French, where we don't say neither « septante » for 70, nor « nonante » for 90 (and even less « huitante » for 8
by Signez 7y ago
Let's note that this fall apart in Metropolitan French, where we don't say neither « septante » for 70, nor « nonante » for 90 (and even less « huitante » for 80), but « soixante-dix » for 70, « quatre-vingt » for 80 and « quatre-vingt-dix » for 90.
It's quite a shame, because that solution for reading hexadecimal numbers out loud is quite elegant :)
- Tharkun 7y agoBelgian French uses septante/nonante. Huitante would be a great addition.
- tasogare 7y agoI personally prefer octante. Septante and huitante sounds to much like just slapping -tante to 7 and 8. And just to be coherent, I would love to have heptante for 70.
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- FoeNyx 7y ago"septante", "octante", "nonante" would be coherently based on Latin etymons, but if you want to coherently use "heptante", which relies on a Greek etymon, you should probably also use "ennéante" in lieu of "nonante".
- Guillaume86 7y agoIn the context of hex numbers "quatre-vingt" isn't a problem tho, no ambiguity.
- DoreenMichele 7y agoFor the folks who know zero French: « soixante-dix » for 70 = sixty-ten « quatre-vingt » for 80 = four-twenty « quatre-vingt-dix » for 90 = four-twenty-ten