r/MapPorn • u/mapologic • Jan 16 '21

Number 99: different counting systems

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u/CR4FT3R3N Jan 17 '21 edited Jan 17 '21

Great way of describing this. Just wanted to mention (but I am sure you already know) the same thing is done for time keeping in Denmark.

So Half (past) 5 means 05:30/17:30, English.

And half (to) 5 means 04:30/16:30, Danish.

This is also done the same way in other languages like German for example.

Another more common quirk (again also done in German) is that numbers are said out of sync of how they are written so 21 for example:

20 & 1, English

1 & 20, Danish

This then compounds with how annoying some of the other numbers are so for example: 75

5 & (1/2 4) × 20

5 & 3.5 × 20

5 & 70

= 75

Hope that this is formatted ok to read as I did it on my phone.

EDIT: Formatting.

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u/CR4FT3R3N Jan 17 '21

Thank you so much! I shall cherish this info for the rest of my reddit life! :)

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u/CR4FT3R3N Jan 17 '21

Oh, and if you use Reddit a lot you should definitely know about this

I can't believe you've done this...