How To Say The Number 92 In Various European Languages

[janet@weirder.earth]

@infobeautiful Didn’t think it possible to beat the French, but bravo Denmark. N.b. This map also flattens regional languages, and apparently Basque is also “vigesimal”. https://archive.is/W8kYh

[matze@lebalkon.de]

@infobeautiful what the hell are the danish doing?

[tehstu@hachyderm.io]

@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.

[primetime@mastodon.social]

@infobeautiful Denmark here: to be fair nobody pronounces the 20 so in reality its more like 2 & (half-5)'s.
We are not completely insane you know

[xanna@mastodon.ie]

@infobeautiful Irish should be 2+90, or 2+10+4×20 (depending on what you're counting)

[carsten_o@neander.social]

@infobeautiful okay, das die #Franzosen verrückt sind, was Zahlen angeht wusste ich.

Aber was die #Dänen da machen ist ja noch wahnsinniger.

Und dann beschweren sich die Leute, dass wir in Deutschland die Zahlen vertauschen.

[yannc@piaille.fr]

@xanna @infobeautiful
Oh in breton language, there’s the same logic : 2 + 10 + 4×20

Plus, 99 can be 9 + 10 + 4 × 20 OR simply 100 - 1 (why bother?)

The 20 basis is a celtic heritage that french also took

[leo_citron@mastodon.social]

@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)

[edgeofeurope@mastodon.social]

@infobeautiful 'Ninety-two' is all nice and metric, but how do you say 92 in imperial English?

[alecsargent@social.linux.pizza]

@infobeautiful @wwwgem @graves501 Fix your numbering systems man.

[blogdiva@mastodon.social]

@infobeautiful what the hell, Denmark?!?!?

[wwwgem@social.linux.pizza]

@alecsargent @infobeautiful @graves501 Majority doesn't make it right. We're correct

[rndanger@infosec.exchange]

@leo_citron @rhelune @infobeautiful
The pint I'm used to would be closer to a half liter, but I'm using the American system

[francoisprague@mastodon.social]

@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.

[graves501@fosstodon.org]

@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.

[alecsargent@social.linux.pizza]

@rl_dane @infobeautiful @wwwgem @graves501 I want whatever the Danish are smoking.

[thefeditest@mastodon.social]

@infobeautiful I think it was important to highlight math

[mihamarkic@mastodon.social]

@quincy @infobeautiful We were part of the Austro-Hungarian empire emphasis on Austro

[_maleficentgirl@troet.cafe]

@infobeautiful

oh god there is a worse one than the french, and I thought it couldn't get more deranged

[wibble@ohai.social]

@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.