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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•edit-24 months agoI think Finnish would be 🇫🇮: 9•10+7 Nine-tens seven
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink10•4 months agoWhere do you think nine-ty in English comes from?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•edit-24 months agoI think it comes from nine-tens. But if you check, that commenter didn’t write it so.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•edit-24 months agoSame for Japanese 🇯🇵: 9•10+7 九(kyuu) 十(juu) 七(nana) Also, similar to English, 20 does not follow the pattern but instead has its own word. (Still written as 2•10 though)
I think Finnish would be
🇫🇮: 9•10+7
Nine-tens seven
Where do you think nine-ty in English comes from?
I think it comes from nine-tens. But if you check, that commenter didn’t write it so.
Same for Japanese
🇯🇵: 9•10+7
九(kyuu) 十(juu) 七(nana)
Also, similar to English, 20 does not follow the pattern but instead has its own word. (Still written as 2•10 though)