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the thing nobody mentions is that the 4x20 part became a word that just means 80 in people’s mind, it kinda not literal anymore, but the Swiss and Belgian ways are still better

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rumba@lemmy.zip ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

e a word that just means 80 in people’s mind, it kinda not literal anymore, but the Swiss and Belgian ways are still better (edit the 4x20+10 is s

And if it was 28 syllables, it would still be 80 in people’s minds. But the words are still four twenty eight for what could easily just be nine eight.

I get it, but it is really inefficient for something as oft used as counting.

If it makes you feel better, English is full of crap like that which doesn’t make any sense and I’ll own that as a trash language :)

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vandsjov@feddit.dk ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Most Danes does not know how 92 is constructed - it is just as picture one, second calculation: 2 and halvfems = 92.

However, I do feel like we’re using Imperial unites.

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