Both “orteils” and “doigts de pied” are used in French, the former sounding less childish than the latter.
I’m wondering if they got France and Germany mixed up. I don’t remember all the French I was taught growing up, but it didn’t sound right. So I googled it and got “droigts” and “orteils” for “fingers” and “toes”.
HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works 17 hours ago
hansolo@lemmy.today 17 hours ago
The same language where ninety-two is “four twenties and a twelve”?
Uruanna@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
Just four twenty twelve, that’s enough. We’re not savages.
fushuan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 hours ago
Ninety two is nine ten two anyway, it’s not that far off.
hansolo@lemmy.today 7 hours ago
Congratulations. You’ve just discovered how base 10 counting works.
dondelelcaro@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
The other word for twenty in English is score. Pretty rarely used, however.
acockworkorange@mander.xyz 9 hours ago
It’s fucking far off. I can’t stress how bonkers your number naming is. I speak two romance languages and two Germanic ones, and I’ll not try French because this and many other bullshittery.
Anafabula@discuss.tchncs.de 18 hours ago
German has “Finger” and “Zehen”
Samsy@lemmy.ml 14 hours ago
Yes, but why do we say “Fußzeh” there aren’t any other “Zehen” on the body, right?
Anafabula@discuss.tchncs.de 14 hours ago
I don’t think I have ever heared anyone say “Fußzeh”. Maybe it’s regional?
lmuel@sopuli.xyz 5 hours ago
Yeah I’ve heard it before and I usually brought up that exact same argument, the fuck kinda other toes do we have lol
But I wouldn’t say it’s common or widespread, at least from my experience
Kokolores@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Never heard or said “Fußzeh” before.
Enkrod@feddit.org 4 hours ago
Heard it first after moving to the South, it’s absolutely regional.
Like saying dreiviertel Elf for 10:45 or Teppich for Decke or Fuß for the entire leg.