"no" banana@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · edit-22 days agoSomething's rotten in Denmarklemmy.worldimagemessage-square168fedilinkarrow-up1674
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minus-squarepuppinstuff@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·1 day agoQuatre-vingt douze isn’t incredibly onerous when you use it in practice.
minus-squareObi@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·20 hours agoQuatre-vingt dix huit or quatre-vingt dix neuf are definitely more of a mouthful and illustrate the point better.
minus-squarejwmgregory@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day agohard agree i actually think france’s method of counting is pretty intuitive
minus-squareℛ𝒶𝓋ℯ𝓃@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·20 hours agoAgreed. Fourscore and twelve just works (English used to use this, at least in formal speech and writing).
Quatre-vingt douze isn’t incredibly onerous when you use it in practice.
Quatre-vingt dix huit or quatre-vingt dix neuf are definitely more of a mouthful and illustrate the point better.
Yeah France is fine
hard agree i actually think france’s method of counting is pretty intuitive
Agreed. Fourscore and twelve just works (English used to use this, at least in formal speech and writing).