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A collection of some classic Lemmy memes for your enjoyment
Back in Frances time these were large numbers. One million five hundred thousand one hundred eight, like ???? That's how people in the future will look at you when you say that number in English. Stop counting people, our brains are not meant for this
English doesn't have proper words for 13 to 19.
I'd argue we do have proper words for 13-19, but don't have proper words for 11&12
Base 12 represent!
Don't you mean base 10 ;)
I feel like most other European languages I have heard do not either. (Well, what is "proper" anyways?) Care to share a language that does?
Because trolling predate the Internet.
Boards of Canada
Very familiar with BOC but I have no idea what you mean here. Can you explain this?
70 = Sixty-ten? Ridiculous, it's obviously half-fourths.
Parce qu'on a eu la Gaule trop longtemps !
Yeah Danish is a bit wild with numbers too.
What do you think "seven -ty" is. Seven ten
In French:
70 is said "sixty ten" so 72 is "sixty twelve."
80 is "four twenties."
90 is "four twenties and a ten" so 99 is "four twenties and nineteen.