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metayrnc | 3 months ago

“Pure numbers and French are not compatible”

Yep that checks out

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Waterluvian|3 months ago

Sixty-ten-eight! Sixty-ten-nine! Four-twenties!

1999 == One thousand, nine hundreds, four twenties, ten, nine.

I studied French in grade school over ten years and I love it. But the way numbers convert into language is wild. I tease it with love.

Pooge|3 months ago

Switzerland and Belgium got them right!

fajitaforce5|3 months ago

US time: a quarter till 8.

cperciva|3 months ago

"Four twenties and ten" is better than the Danish "five minus a half, times twenty".