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Re:Why are German numbers backwards? by FearNotDaniel on Sunday November 28, 2021 @03:20PM (#29372572)
I was at school in the north of England (Yorkshire) in the late 1970s/early 80s and there were a few schoolteachers, and some old folks, who still spoke this way.
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Re:Why are German numbers backwards? by switch007 on Sunday November 28, 2021 @04:03PM (#29372998)
My grandmother occasionally spoke like that too (not Yorkshire)

I couldn’t figure out why she said it backwards occasionally

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