It’s kind of funny how aware Danes are of their weird numbers system. I speak Norwegian and whenever I’m in Denmark they use the more sensible Norwegian number system to explain to me the prices of stuff (probably because I give them the deer in the headlights-stare whenever I hear something like “fem og halvfjerds”).
Comment on quatre-vingts
sp451@lemmy.sdf.org 10 months ago
Wait until you hear what the Danes do.
Why is “97” “7 + [-½+5] x 20” in Danish?
Holyhandgrenade@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Comment105@lemm.ee 10 months ago
They think we’re stupid and infantile for evolving past tradition.
Creazle@lemmy.world 10 months ago
No kidding. It’s the sort of thing that makes you think about how different people process info differently
VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf 10 months ago
TIL that there’s actually (kinda but not really) a method to the madness that is our numbers 😄
volvoxvsmarla@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Thanks for the link! While I was aware of the weird numbers in Danish, this gave a great explanation and I wish I had had this info when I was forced to learn French in school. The way this vigntisian system evolved is actually quite interesting and makes so much sense. Everything makes sense now. Wow.
nxfsi@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Normal children usually gain fluency in their native language by age 5. Danish children need to wait until age 7.