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Learning German as a foreign language, that was one of the painful aspects. Also, who thought it was a good idea to have /dreißig/ sound so much like /dreizehn/

Learning German as a foreign language, that was one of the painful aspects. Also, who thought it was a good idea to have /dreißig/ sound so much like /dreizehn/? Anyway…

madcaptenor 3y ago
I mean, who thought it was a good idea that "fifty" and "fifteen" should sound so similar?
- kergonath 3y ago
  Yes indeed. This tripped me up occasionally when I was learning English as a foreign language as well!
- scarby2 3y ago
  We should just stop the whole teen thing and say it like we do everything else. Maybe onety five.