hard agree i actually think france’s method of counting is pretty intuitive
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puppinstuff@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
Quatre-vingt douze isn’t incredibly onerous when you use it in practice.
jwmgregory@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
name_NULL111653@pawb.social 1 week ago
Agreed. Fourscore and twelve just works (English used to use this, at least in formal speech and writing).
ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Yeah France is fine
Obi@sopuli.xyz 1 week ago
Quatre-vingt dix huit or quatre-vingt dix neuf are definitely more of a mouthful and illustrate the point better.