Comment on why
menas@lemmy.wtf 1 month ago
no rules, no sens, only disdain
L’Académie Française existed since the 18th century to make the language too complex “for the common and the women”
Comment on why
menas@lemmy.wtf 1 month ago
no rules, no sens, only disdain
L’Académie Française existed since the 18th century to make the language too complex “for the common and the women”
hessenjunge@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
Is that when they decided to make counting past 70 complicated?
Kornblumenratte@feddit.org 1 month ago
That’s actually older than French itself - a relic from Gaulish.
hessenjunge@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
TIL, thanks
menas@lemmy.wtf 1 month ago
no, I’m afraid I could not shift the blame on this one. Particularly when french speakers in Switzerland and Belgium show alternatives for a long time
Blackmist@feddit.uk 1 month ago
That’s four goddamn numbers in a row!