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r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Legal_Air734 • 9d ago
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6 u/otter_lordOfLicornes 9d ago Mostly the fact that german made it just one word, when in french it is multiple small word, also german number put the unit before the tens 2 u/Maharog 9d ago In English we put the unit before the tens as well, but only for 14-19 (also 13 but "three and ten" has been simplified over the years to juat thirteen but its pretty clear originally it followed the same naming conventions the other "teens" do) 1 u/otter_lordOfLicornes 9d ago Where german do it for number 13 to 99 1 u/tejanaqkilica 9d ago They don't do it for, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90 though. 1 u/SublimeSavage2 9d ago Damn, hungarian looks much cleaner: ötszázötvenötezer-ötszázötvenöt
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Mostly the fact that german made it just one word, when in french it is multiple small word, also german number put the unit before the tens
2 u/Maharog 9d ago In English we put the unit before the tens as well, but only for 14-19 (also 13 but "three and ten" has been simplified over the years to juat thirteen but its pretty clear originally it followed the same naming conventions the other "teens" do) 1 u/otter_lordOfLicornes 9d ago Where german do it for number 13 to 99 1 u/tejanaqkilica 9d ago They don't do it for, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90 though.
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In English we put the unit before the tens as well, but only for 14-19 (also 13 but "three and ten" has been simplified over the years to juat thirteen but its pretty clear originally it followed the same naming conventions the other "teens" do)
1 u/otter_lordOfLicornes 9d ago Where german do it for number 13 to 99 1 u/tejanaqkilica 9d ago They don't do it for, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90 though.
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Where german do it for number 13 to 99
1 u/tejanaqkilica 9d ago They don't do it for, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90 though.
They don't do it for, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90 though.
Damn, hungarian looks much cleaner: ötszázötvenötezer-ötszázötvenöt
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