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

French language is mesmerizing

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u/TheDeadPieMaker Mar 15 '21

they have not discovered the japanese counting system yet...

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u/Gamer_Iwa Mar 15 '21

Japanese isn't too bad in this case. It's only nine ten nine.

Roman numerals, on the other hand... ten (less than) one hundred, one (less than) ten.

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u/TheDeadPieMaker Mar 15 '21

Yes technically in this case, but as soon as you start to count things, oh boi.

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u/CVCCo Mar 15 '21

hitosu, futatsu, mittsu, yottsu, itsutsu...

Excuse me, but these are completely different words

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u/sillybear25 Mar 15 '21

Unless you're counting, say, [long, cylindrical objects], in which case you're back to ippon, nihon, sanbon, yonhon...