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Re:Freedom Clock by fnordpiglet on Saturday March 25, 2023 @11:39AM (#35303742)
“fünfundzwanzigster märz zweitausenddreiundzwanzig”

What I’m impressed with is the duration of time it takes to say todays date in Germany. I guess it’s rather “German-friendly” though. ;-)

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Re:Freedom Clock by groestl on Saturday March 25, 2023 @11:49AM (#35303855)
It's just 2 syllables more than in English, is that really that much of a difference?
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Re:Freedom Clock by Krasnol on Saturday March 25, 2023 @11:53AM (#35303889)
It looks longer than it is if you speak it though.

It looks scary too btw. Had to double-check it too because you rarely write it as words in German (I'm not German too).

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