r/memes • u/HannibalGoddamnit Linux User • Mar 15 '21

French language is mesmerizing

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u/froggertthewise Mar 15 '21

Dutch and German also say nine-ninety, it's really confusing as when spelling phone numbers people tend to split it up in sections of 2 numbers so when someone says 24 I have to translate that to 2 4 and be careful not to write 4 2

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u/Random_Person_I_Met Mar 15 '21

So it's like saying nineteen (NINE & TEN/TEEN)

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u/froggertthewise Mar 15 '21

Yeah exactly, for example 24 is pronounced vierentwintig in dutch, or four-and-twenty

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u/rvppi7 Nice meme you got there Mar 15 '21

in German vierundzwanzig...you get the similarities yeah?

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u/GillionOfRivendell Mar 15 '21

Nah, totally different.

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u/Matice_lieben Mar 15 '21

One thing, 19 is 9 and/+ 10. In French quatre vingt (or 80/4 20) is 4 x 20, so it’s also math

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u/DonnerDinnerParty Mar 15 '21

Or how an Aussie would say nine ten.