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A collection of some classic Lemmy memes for your enjoyment
It comes from way before French. Some tribe, Celts, or whatever, call them Gauls, although it doesn't really mean anything other that "people who live in that area according to the Romans", counted in twenties. And that's one of the things they've left us. For better or for worse.
That and Asterix.
But 70,80,90 are English numbers
Pronunciation of words like fauteuil. French saw -euil and apparently decided to play a sick joke on the rest of the world.
He shoots, he four-scores!
And look how far we got without it, it's all in your head buddy
Country burning to a crisp because of the climate armageddon? Far indeed.
Same as everywhere else 🤷
Ask german how 9999 is written
Unlike English when the name for those is seven-tens, eoght-tens, nine-tens?
Or "four score (20) and seven years ago" (4x20, +7= 87)
Or Roman numerals being like XIV (10, + (5-1) = 14)
.....the numbers have always been maths. Always
What did you expect from the French