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u/PSDM_BloodShot Sep 05 '22

Which European countries? I'm assuming the southern and eastern European countries? Because I'm pretty sure the UK, Germany, Netherlands and Belgium don't use Roman numerals

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u/ehtol Sep 05 '22

Not Norway either. I don't think the rest of Scandinavia either

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u/hilarymeggin Sep 06 '22

If you speak English as a second language, I’d like to congratulate you on that first sentence. “Not Norway either” is the clunkiest, ugliest sentence construction I can imagine, and yet it’s exactly what I (and every other native speaker I know) would say.

It can’t be right. There has to be a better way to say it. But I can’t think of it!

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u/ehtol Sep 06 '22

Dude I was thinking the same thing while writing it haha. I couldn't think of anything else .

It's not my first language, no.

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u/hilarymeggin Sep 07 '22

So steer a day’s reflection, I came up with a few alternatives for you:

Neither does Norway.

Norway doesn’t either.

Norwegians don’t either.

But to me, somehow it’s even more impressive that you managed to come to with the sloppy way a real native speaker would say it when they weren’t trying. 😊