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Germanic (Dutch, German, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian) languages just say "10 october", they'd never say "October 10th". Before we get our 'english is so stupid!!
by rzwitserloot 4y ago
Germanic (Dutch, German, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian) languages just say "10 october", they'd never say "October 10th". Before we get our 'english is so stupid!!!' hat on, in many of these (e.g. Dutch and German), the number '87' is pronounced 'seven-and-eighty' ('zevenentachtig' - 'zeven en tachtig' - seven and eighty), which is stupid. Languages are weird).
Same for the romance ones: It's just "Quatorze juillet" - 14th of July (Bastille day).
English is the weird one, but not that weird, "7th of october" is not much more complicated to say than "October 7th".
- Terretta 4y agoAbout that romance 87 … French in France: four twenties seven French in Switzerland: eighty seven (octante sept)
- bewuethr 4y agoSwiss French is rather "huitante", and also that not in all regions ("quatre-vingt" in the rest), see https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ais_de_Suisse#Nombres https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ais_de_Suisse#Nombre...
- pronik 4y agoFrench is actually not so weird if you think about what a "score" is in English. Gettysburg address literally begins with "four score and seven years ago", which equals to 87.