I especially hate what we the Czechs do. We mostly read numbers the same (21 = twenty one), but then once every blue moon some dimwit says 21 like “one and twenty” like he’s fucking German or something. German is bad enough, but why do we have to mix it???
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YeetPics@mander.xyz 1 year ago
“One and eight hundred and fifty two thousandths”.
Or
“1.852”
You get to decide what’s efficient to communicate a specific value based on the criticality of precision and the format of communication.
Like it or not, but peak compatibility is peak efficiency when it comes to language.
LANIK2000@lemmy.world 1 year ago
notthebees@reddthat.com 11 months ago
I thought it was french that did that
LANIK2000@lemmy.world 11 months ago
MisterFrog@lemmy.world 1 year ago
1.852 all the way in every single context. I will die on this hill haha
YeetPics@mander.xyz 1 year ago
We die on that hill together, brother!