🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 2 years agoAnon is Frenchsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square3linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageAnon is Frenchsh.itjust.works🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 2 years agomessage-square3linkfedilink
minus-squareCorndog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoAs much as I love shitting on the French for being terrible with numbers (seriously, how the fuck is the word for ‘99’ ‘four-twenties, a ten, and a nine’?!?) this one seems intentional so you can feel when you run out.
minus-squareBruceTwarzen@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoThe funny thing is that in Switzerland they commonly say nonante neuf. So it’s not like there is no word for 90
minus-squarenova_ad_vitum@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoSomeone tried to improve the French language and predictably the French were having none of it.
As much as I love shitting on the French for being terrible with numbers (seriously, how the fuck is the word for ‘99’ ‘four-twenties, a ten, and a nine’?!?) this one seems intentional so you can feel when you run out.
The funny thing is that in Switzerland they commonly say nonante neuf. So it’s not like there is no word for 90
Someone tried to improve the French language and predictably the French were having none of it.