The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Just Post@lemmy.world · 2 months agoEverything ok Denmark and France?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square49linkfedilinkarrow-up1236arrow-down15
arrow-up1231arrow-down1imageEverything ok Denmark and France?lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Just Post@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square49linkfedilink
minus-squareqevlarr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up33·2 months 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-up15·2 months agoSwiss french too has cut a stop to that nonsense
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 months agoWait, i’m Swiss (german) and don’t know how they count.
minus-squareLeviathan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 months 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-up3·2 months 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