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minus-squareAlmightySnoo 🐢🇮🇱🇺🇦linkfedilink6•7 months agoThe French used to count in base 20 (so that means both hands and both feet), which is why they read 97 as quatre-vingt-dix-sept, ie 4*20+10+7.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•7 months agoOne of the reasons why I hate learning French so much.
The French used to count in base 20 (so that means both hands and both feet), which is why they read 97 as quatre-vingt-dix-sept, ie
4*20+10+7
.One of the reasons why I hate learning French so much.