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Okay I googled it - and it does make sense. Apparently "halvanden" means one and a half (halv = half, andan = 2nd, but for this "2".) So, 50 is actually "hal
by memsom 6y ago
Okay I googled it - and it does make sense.
Apparently "halvanden" means one and a half (halv = half, andan = 2nd, but for this "2".)
So, 50 is actually "halvtredsindstyve", which is ((3 - 0.5) * 20)... okay.. this is completely messed up! Only the Danes... only the Danes... making their language even less intelligible. ;-)
For the record, 60 is tredsindstyve, which is 3 * 20.. at least that makes some sense. The issue comes that 70 is halvfjerdsindstyve ((4 - 0.5) * 20) and 80 is firsindstyve (4 * 20), but fjerd and fir look like different words! They inbuilt extra confusion to make it even harder! 90 is halvfemsindstyve ((5 - 0.5) * 20).
It all makes some sense if you understand what is going on. Buy why?!?