How To Say The Number 92 In Various European Languages
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@infobeautiful Wait, Belgian French is normal?!
@rhelune @infobeautiful Yes, belgian are more logical with numbers than french are.
If you order a "demi" (half of a pint) of beer in
you will have 25cl because at some point decided a pint is 50cl.
Meanwhile in
a pint is 1L (100cl) so if you order a "demi" you will have 50cl - half a Litre - which make more sense.
(Or maybe it's just a ruse to get french tourist buy more - that would be funny) -
How To Say The Number 92 In Various European Languages
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@infobeautiful 'Ninety-two' is all nice and metric, but how do you say 92 in imperial English?
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How To Say The Number 92 In Various European Languages
Nice analysis: https://brilliantmaps.com/number-92/
@infobeautiful @wwwgem @graves501 Fix your numbering systems man.
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How To Say The Number 92 In Various European Languages
Nice analysis: https://brilliantmaps.com/number-92/
@infobeautiful what the hell, Denmark?!?!?
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@infobeautiful @wwwgem @graves501 Fix your numbering systems man.
@alecsargent @infobeautiful @graves501 Majority doesn't make it right. We're correct
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@rhelune @infobeautiful Yes, belgian are more logical with numbers than french are.
If you order a "demi" (half of a pint) of beer in
you will have 25cl because at some point decided a pint is 50cl.
Meanwhile in a pint is 1L (100cl) so if you order a "demi" you will have 50cl - half a Litre - which make more sense.
(Or maybe it's just a ruse to get french tourist buy more - that would be funny)@leo_citron @rhelune @infobeautiful
The pint I'm used to would be closer to a half liter, but I'm using the American system
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How To Say The Number 92 In Various European Languages
Nice analysis: https://brilliantmaps.com/number-92/
@infobeautiful Scottish say 90+2 in doctor’s handwriting. France counting is inherited from the Gauls who counted like Mayas in base 20 as far I remember.
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@infobeautiful @wwwgem @graves501 Fix your numbering systems man.
@alecsargent @infobeautiful @wwwgem
There are more important things that need fixing. Like tabs vs spaces or Emacs vs Neovim. The correct answers are obviously spaces and #Neovim.
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@rl_dane @infobeautiful @wwwgem @graves501 I want whatever the Danish are smoking.
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How To Say The Number 92 In Various European Languages
Nice analysis: https://brilliantmaps.com/number-92/
@infobeautiful I think it was important to highlight math
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TIL: Slovene follows the same pattern as German and Dutch
@quincy @infobeautiful We were part of the Austro-Hungarian empire
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How To Say The Number 92 In Various European Languages
Nice analysis: https://brilliantmaps.com/number-92/
oh god there is a worse one than the french, and I thought it couldn't get more deranged
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@infobeautiful 'Ninety-two' is all nice and metric, but how do you say 92 in imperial English?
@edgeofeurope @infobeautiful I expect that'd be "fourscore and twelve", because "fourscore and a dozen" would sound ridiculous.
Some, however, might prefer "half a gross and twenty" which, in the right circumstances, would be a perfectly acceptable alternative.
So 80+12 or (144/2)+20, depending on your idea of fun.
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@infobeautiful Wait, Belgian French is normal?!
@rhelune @infobeautiful yep, they say 70, 80 and 90 like all the other latin languages.
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How To Say The Number 92 In Various European Languages
Nice analysis: https://brilliantmaps.com/number-92/
@jonassmith Please tell me this is true
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WTF is going on in Denmark?
@pikesley @infobeautiful Remnants of a vigesimal system with roman-style subtractions
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@infobeautiful I vaguely recall knowing both the French way and the decimal way during Welsh lessons at school, so the 90+2 for the UK hides a bit of nuance.
edit - although clicking through the link, I guess it's only considering English for the UK.
@tehstu @infobeautiful in Welsh it would be 9x10+2 I think?
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How To Say The Number 92 In Various European Languages
Nice analysis: https://brilliantmaps.com/number-92/
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I always knew French numbers were mad, I didn't know Danish were even worse! -
How To Say The Number 92 In Various European Languages
Nice analysis: https://brilliantmaps.com/number-92/
@infobeautiful Finland deserves its own colour for „yhdeksänkymmentäkaksi“
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@infobeautiful Today, my lifelong pondering over whether Lincoln's use of "Four score and seven years ago" to start the Gettysburg address was somehow a nod to the French is completely blown away by wonderment regarding whatever the fuck the Danish are doing.
@ColesStreetPothole @infobeautiful This is either a brilliant way to make sure all of your people grasp mathematical concepts, or a diabolical plot to ensure dominance of math PhDs.
