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Re:Why are German numbers backwards? by bogeholm on Sunday November 28, 2021 @12:52PM (#29371056)
I’ll just add Danish: et hundrede og femoghalvfjerds (one hundred five and four scores where the fourth score is a half)

Sincerely, a Dane :)

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Re:Why are German numbers backwards? by vanderZwan on Sunday November 28, 2021 @02:13PM (#29371880)
"Hmm, having the most difficult to pronounce/hear phonetics in the world wasn't hard enough, we should also mess with the numbers" - the Danes, I presume
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