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• rumba@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  or fingersAtTheEndOfTheFeetNotToBeConfusedWithTheOnesOnTheHands

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• Anafabula@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  German has “Finger” and “Zehen”

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  • Samsy@lemmy.ml ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Yes, but why do we say “Fußzeh” there aren’t any other “Zehen” on the body, right?

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    • Anafabula@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I don’t think I have ever heared anyone say “Fußzeh”. Maybe it’s regional?

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      • lmuel@sopuli.xyz ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Yeah I’ve heard it before and I usually brought up that exact same argument, the fuck kinda other toes do we have lol

        But I wouldn’t say it’s common or widespread, at least from my experience

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    • Kokolores@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Never heard or said “Fußzeh” before.

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      • Enkrod@feddit.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Heard it first after moving to the South, it’s absolutely regional.

        Like saying dreiviertel Elf for 10:45 or Teppich for Decke or Fuß for the entire leg.

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• HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Both “orteils” and “doigts de pied” are used in French, the former sounding less childish than the latter.

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  • hansolo@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    The same language where ninety-two is “four twenties and a twelve”?

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    • Uruanna@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Just four twenty twelve, that’s enough. We’re not savages.

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      • rumba@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        It’s almost twice as many characters, but only one more syllable. It feels so long counting it out :)

        of course, english has a lot going on that’s unreasonable as well so …

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    • fushuan@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Ninety two is nine ten two anyway, it’s not that far off.

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      • dondelelcaro@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        The other word for twenty in English is score. Pretty rarely used, however.

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      • acockworkorange@mander.xyz ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        It’s fucking far off. I can’t stress how bonkers your number naming is. I speak two romance languages and two Germanic ones, and I’ll not try French because this and many other bullshittery.

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      • hansolo@lemmy.today ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Congratulations. You’ve just discovered how base 10 counting works.

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