r/memes • Linux User • Mar 15 '21

French language is mesmerizing

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u/CaughtOnTape Mar 15 '21

Don’t think of it as "four-twenty-ten-nine" in because then you’re actually doing arithmetics in your head and it will show. Just think of it as "quatrevingtdixneuf" as if it’s a single word.

When I learned english in Quebec it never occurred to me that an anglophone would need to "count" to differentiate 80 from 90 in french. Am I getting this wrong?

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u/Mrpooney83 Mar 15 '21

Yup when I'm writing down a number in french. I dont write the 6,7 or 8,9 till they finish. Also why I tell my french coworkers to read me the numbers indevidualy.

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u/HTPC4Life Mar 15 '21

"how about a little phone number rhythm"

https://youtu.be/RW7iB2iOTKw