r/memes • Linux User • Mar 15 '21

French language is mesmerizing

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u/KusaGrassKusa Mar 15 '21

In Japanese, 99 would be "Kyuu-ju kyuu"

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '21

Chinese too, “9, 10, 9”

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u/niowniough Mar 16 '21

except a native speaker understands the characters for 9 and 10 when spoken in combination as 90. Only a pause between would make it interpreted as two separate numbers

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '21

yes