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Deborah Pickett
@cmconseils I want to see someone add a third panel to this meme with Danish. nine
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@cmconseils @moira I’ll just leave this here. https://youtu.be/9rmBqIFeHN8
Corey
@Isocat @cmconseils The Danish and the French are quasi-vigesimal, but the Danes start at fifty (halvtres) where the French don’t start until seventy (soixante-dix). Both French and Danish agree that “four twenties” equals eighty (firs; quatre-vingt[s]).
Corey
@cmconseils @Isocat If you had said “nonante-et-un” literally anywhere else in France, and especially anywhere in Belgium/Switzerland/Québec, they would have understood you just fine.
Isocat
@thealmostbear @cmconseils Oh, he understood me just fine the first time; comprehension wasn't the issue. |
@cmconseils what helped me remember the numbers best were the order numbers on McDonald’s receipts :) I still have more trouble with 11-16 for some reason. Often mistranslate them when folks tell me the time of an appointment on the phone.