"no" banana@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · edit-21 day agoSomething's rotten in Denmarklemmy.worldimagemessage-square162fedilinkarrow-up1627
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minus-squarepuppinstuff@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·14 hours agoQuatre-vingt douze isn’t incredibly onerous when you use it in practice.
minus-squareObi@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·6 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-up4·12 hours agohard agree i actually think france’s method of counting is pretty intuitive
minus-squareℛ𝒶𝓋ℯ𝓃@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 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).