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minus-squareHansae@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·10 hours agoLol wait until you find out about the Danish counting system, truly unhinged.
minus-squareBlaestEgnen@feddit.dklinkfedilinkarrow-up6·8 hours agoWhat’s wrong about it? Halvfjerds, half fourth. Clearly that’s seventy. But it’s short for halvfjerdsindstyvende. Half fourth’s in twenties. Yep that’s seventy my friend
minus-squareAEsheron@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 hours agoI assume the name refers to the fact that you are halfway to the fourth twenty from the third?
minus-squareHansae@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 hours agoWhen I learnt Danish the number system legit took me far longer than anything else xd, maths classes were certainly interesting.
Lol wait until you find out about the Danish counting system, truly unhinged.
What’s wrong about it?
Halvfjerds, half fourth. Clearly that’s seventy.
But it’s short for halvfjerdsindstyvende. Half fourth’s in twenties. Yep that’s seventy my friend
I assume the name refers to the fact that you are halfway to the fourth twenty from the third?
When I learnt Danish the number system legit took me far longer than anything else xd, maths classes were certainly interesting.