The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Just Post@lemmy.world · 1 month agoEverything ok Denmark and France?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square49linkfedilinkarrow-up1234arrow-down16
arrow-up1228arrow-down1imageEverything ok Denmark and France?lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Just Post@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square49linkfedilink
minus-squareqevlarr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up33·1 month agoFrench speaking Belgium straight up invented new words for 70, 80, 90 because even they don’t like that French bullshit
minus-squareEggymatrix@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up15·1 month agoSwiss french too has cut a stop to that nonsense
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 month agoWait, i’m Swiss (german) and don’t know how they count.
minus-squareLeviathan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 month agoThey both came about in France around the same time, just influenced by Celtic/Germanic base-20 system or the romance base-10 system. Then France standardized to the ridiculous base-20 system and Belgium and Switzerland went with the correct system.
minus-squareAppleTea@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoI can only assume by your statement that they use base 12
French speaking Belgium straight up invented new words for 70, 80, 90 because even they don’t like that French bullshit
Swiss french too has cut a stop to that nonsense
Wait, i’m Swiss (german) and don’t know how they count.
Septante, huitante, nonanpte
They both came about in France around the same time, just influenced by Celtic/Germanic base-20 system or the romance base-10 system. Then France standardized to the ridiculous base-20 system and Belgium and Switzerland went with the correct system.
I can only assume by your statement that they use base 12