For polyglots, there's something special about their native tongue

Re:For polyglots, there's something special about their nati... by dheera on Tuesday March 12, 2024 @05:02PM (#39684915)

Chinese also splits numbers differently than English. In Chinese it's every 4 digits, instead of every 3 digits as in English. There is a word for 1e4 (萬), 1e5 is 10萬, 1e6 is 100萬, 1e7 is 1000萬, and there is a word again for 1e8 (億).

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Re:For polyglots, there's something special about their nati... by nh23423fefe on Thursday March 14, 2024 @02:42PM (#39707487)

same for japan. ju hyaku sen man

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