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Re:Why are German numbers backwards? by MauranKilom on Sunday November 28, 2021 @07:11AM (#29368270)
It's also weird for 50-59. English does not say "fourty twelve" ("quarante-douze").
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Re:Why are German numbers backwards? by CorrectHorseBat on Sunday November 28, 2021 @07:19AM (#29368333)
Neither does French, you're confusing 50 with 70. https://frm.wiktionary.org/wiki/quarante-douze

Edit: 50, not 60.

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Re:Why are German numbers backwards? by bramjans on Sunday November 28, 2021 @07:25AM (#29368370)
At least in Belgium we fixed that with "septante"
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Re:Why are German numbers backwards? by CorrectHorseBat on Sunday November 28, 2021 @07:28AM (#29368390)
But making things completely logical would have been too much for us so we kept quatre-vingt.
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