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Re:Why are German numbers backwards? by moffkalast on Sunday November 28, 2021 @07:47AM (#29368520)
Ah right I remember hearing somewhere that you guys don't have words for 70, 80, and 90 and do this odd sum of two thing. I suppose there are worse ways than the reverse German :D
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Re:Why are German numbers backwards? by speedgoose on Sunday November 28, 2021 @08:08AM (#29368625)
The French language has such words, but Frenchmen don't use them. For example they prefer to say the old fashioned "quatre-vingt-dix" (4 - 20 - 10) instead of the perfectly fine "nonante" that French speakers in Belgium use.
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Re:Why are German numbers backwards? by tribaal on Sunday November 28, 2021 @12:05PM (#29370556)
It's the same in Switzerland, which makes an order of magnitude more sense IMO:

Soixante

Septante

Huitante

Nonante

Cent

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