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French should translate to "hundred sixty fifteen" which is another level of aberration altogether (I'm French)
by tribaal 5y ago
French should translate to "hundred sixty fifteen" which is another level of aberration altogether (I'm French)
- moffkalast 5y agoAh right I remember hearing somewhere that you guys don't have words for 70, 80, and 90 and do this odd sum of two thing. I suppose there are worse ways than the reverse German :D
- speedgoose 5y agoThe French language has such words, but Frenchmen don't use them. For example they prefer to say the old fashioned "quatre-vingt-dix" (4 - 20 - 10) instead of the perfectly fine "nonante" that French speakers in Belgium use.
- tribaal 5y agoIt's the same in Switzerland, which makes an order of magnitude more sense IMO: Soixante Septante Huitante Nonante Cent
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- lr1970 5y agoDoes the cognitive energy expended by French to do basic counting conditions their brain from early childhood for mathematical proficiency resulting in so many great mathematicians whose native language was French? </end_of_joke>
- fhars 5y agoWhat I always wonder, do French programmers generalize this numbering scheme to pronounce 0x4B as quatre seize onze?