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minus-squarePasta Dental@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-21 year agoThe other day I decided I would stop saying quatre-vingt-dix (4, 20, 10 = 90) instead I would say huit-dix-dix (8, 10, 10) or even deux-quarante-dix (2, 40, 10) and shit like that to add some context i forgot about it an hour after
minus-squarewildbus8979@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoWhy not use the existing septante, octante, neunante?
minus-squarethedarkfly@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agoI’d actually be down for huitante, in order to keep the latin root like other numbers instead of the greek one
minus-squareHenriVolney@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoAsk the guys in Modern times who decided that fick it we will go for the nonsensical method.
minus-squarehappyhippo@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoNeunante always struck me as a bit weird (although much better than the math thingy). Neuvante would seem a more reasonable derivation from neuf. Would also make it closer to other latin languages like Italian and Spanish.
minus-squarePasta Dental@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoidk i was tired and i tought it was the funniest thing
The other day I decided I would stop saying quatre-vingt-dix (4, 20, 10 = 90) instead I would say huit-dix-dix (8, 10, 10) or even deux-quarante-dix (2, 40, 10) and shit like that
to add some context i forgot about it an hour after
Why not use the existing septante, octante, neunante?
I’d actually be down for huitante, in order to keep the latin root like other numbers instead of the greek one
Ask the guys in Modern times who decided that fick it we will go for the nonsensical method.
Neunante always struck me as a bit weird (although much better than the math thingy).
Neuvante would seem a more reasonable derivation from neuf.
Would also make it closer to other latin languages like Italian and Spanish.
idk i was tired and i tought it was the funniest thing
confirming it’s funny