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minus-squarepuppinstuff@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoQuatre-vingt douze isn’t incredibly onerous when you use it in practice.
minus-square𝕛𝕨𝕞-𝕕𝕖𝕧@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agohard agree i actually think france’s method of counting is pretty intuitive
minus-squareℛ𝒶𝓋ℯ𝓃@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoAgreed. Fourscore and twelve just works (English used to use this, at least in formal speech and writing).
minus-squareObi@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoQuatre-vingt dix huit or quatre-vingt dix neuf are definitely more of a mouthful and illustrate the point better.
Quatre-vingt douze isn’t incredibly onerous when you use it in practice.
hard agree i actually think france’s method of counting is pretty intuitive
Agreed. Fourscore and twelve just works (English used to use this, at least in formal speech and writing).
Quatre-vingt dix huit or quatre-vingt dix neuf are definitely more of a mouthful and illustrate the point better.
Yeah France is fine