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Interestingly Norwegian used to spell out numbers in the same order as German, but reformed this in the 1950s when telephone numbers became widespread: https:/
by ginko 5y ago
Interestingly Norwegian used to spell out numbers in the same order as German, but reformed this in the 1950s when telephone numbers became widespread:
https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Den_nye_tellem%C3%A5ten https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Den_nye_tellem%C3%A5ten
I guess having a dedicated Språkrådet to oversee the development of the Norwegian language and a single broadcasting service(NRK) made the roll-out of this possible.
- davidkunz 5y agoReminds me of an episode of "King of Queens" when Arthur dictates a phone number: https://youtu.be/e_B40_WXDoQ https://youtu.be/e_B40_WXDoQ In German, it's even funnier because of the 'wrong order': https://youtu.be/gjPmUUCdLHw https://youtu.be/gjPmUUCdLHw (hats off to the translators!)
- xlance 5y agoThere are still plenty of people using the old way, young and old. I would say I use the old way in all situations except when I read out phonenumbers.