Comment on why
menas@lemmy.wtf 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
Is that when they decided to make counting past 70 complicated?
Kornblumenratte@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
That’s actually older than French itself - a relic from Gaulish.
hessenjunge@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
TIL, thanks
menas@lemmy.wtf 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
That’s four goddamn numbers in a row!