Gollum to [email protected]English • 9 months agoHow to say the number 92i.imgur.comimagemessage-square200fedilinkarrow-up1788arrow-down116 cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1772arrow-down1imageHow to say the number 92i.imgur.comGollum to [email protected]English • 9 months agomessage-square200fedilink cross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarewkklinkfedilinkEnglish7•9 months ago102 is “hundred-two” so it’s only weird for 70 “sixty-ten”, 80 “four-twenty” and 90 “four-twenty-ten”… But the way I learned it each was like it’s own word, even if it’s not. Just don’t think about it too much!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•9 months agoWhy don’t they have separate words for seventy, eighty and ninety?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•9 months agoThey do, but they’re only used in some regions. Septante, huitante, nonante.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•9 months agoWhy are they only used in some regions? Is it like a French redneck thing or a French poncy thing or…?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•9 months agoI honestly don’t know the history. I just know that Belgian French uses septante and nonante, Swiss French uses huitante as well. I think it’s more comparable to the vocabulary differences between for example American and British English.
102 is “hundred-two” so it’s only weird for 70 “sixty-ten”, 80 “four-twenty” and 90 “four-twenty-ten”…
But the way I learned it each was like it’s own word, even if it’s not. Just don’t think about it too much!
Why don’t they have separate words for seventy, eighty and ninety?
They do, but they’re only used in some regions. Septante, huitante, nonante.
Why are they only used in some regions? Is it like a French redneck thing or a French poncy thing or…?
I honestly don’t know the history. I just know that Belgian French uses septante and nonante, Swiss French uses huitante as well. I think it’s more comparable to the vocabulary differences between for example American and British English.