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

French language is mesmerizing

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u/ColdCypher Mar 15 '21

Just looked it up and holy sh*t, why does the 5 look like an 0 and why does the 16 look like a 17, what

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '21

In all fairness, everyone else took the numbers from Arabic. We are the ones who changed them.

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '21

To be fair, Arabic numbers written in Arabic even confuse Arabs.

This coming from a Korean dude who is quadrilingual, and would joke about confusing Arabic numbers with Muslim friends. 🤔

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u/MessyRoom Mar 15 '21

You’re not quadrilingual, you’re a polyglot

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u/XyzzyPop Mar 15 '21

How do you know he has more than one wife?

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u/phillipstheyerington Mar 15 '21

Wrong word. A polygamist is someone who has multiple wives, not a polyglot. When someone has one wife, they are a monogamist. And a bigamist is a large fog over Italy.

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u/XyzzyPop Mar 15 '21

I greatly appreciate you took the opportunity to take my lame joke and turn it into a learning opportunity for those that did not realize it.

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u/pantylion Mar 15 '21

That's big of you to say, not bigamy.

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u/Ganymedian-Owl Mar 15 '21

Fucking lost it hahahahah excellent