Re:Why are German numbers backwards?
by hamburglar on Sunday November 28, 2021 @04:31PM
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I think the poster you are responding to is referring to the “beauty” (sarcastically, I assume) of the phrasing “most less” instead of “least.” It would be right in line with the confusing way numbers are spoken.
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I guess it is just an english grammar issue Germans often make (less, lesser, least and so on for single syllable words and x, more x, most x for the rest). The german equivalent of least is also just one word: wenigsten.
I don't do sarcasm (and it's against the HN guidelines, btw).
"Sleeping the most less" is a beautiful turn of phrase, even if ungrammatical. Or maybe because of it.