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Kecessa@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

Meanwhile all french speakers understand each other perfectly well.

So you mistake people saying ninety-nine (99) for them saying ninety nine (90, 9)? No? How come? It’s the same thing!

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kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Do you not have the same issue with all numbers under 70? 62 or (60, 2)? And you still have that problem for in the seventies too, it just looks weirder in decimals. "Did you mean (60, 11) or 71?

Even if there is a possible silver lining, it’s still arbitrary and weird.

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- Kecessa@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  And I’m English it would be 71 or 70, 1. I’m just pointing out that this meme about french by english strangers makes no sense since it’s the same thing in english.
  
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  - kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    I think you’ve missed the point entirely of that is what you think it meme was about
    
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reeen@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Right, but the tens numeral and the ones numeral being separate words that you add makes more sense than occasionally throwing a curveball like 20×4+5

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- Kecessa@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  But it’s still clear what we’re saying when we speak. 4 20 5 vs 4, 20, 5 vs 4, 20 5 vs 4 20, 5, non of it sounds the same when we speak.
  
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