I especially hate what we the Czechs do. We mostly read numbers the same (21 = twenty one), but then once every blue moon some dimwit says 21 like “one and twenty” like he’s fucking German or something. German is bad enough, but why do we have to mix it???
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YeetPics@mander.xyz 2 days ago
“One and eight hundred and fifty two thousandths”.
Or
“1.852”
You get to decide what’s efficient to communicate a specific value based on the criticality of precision and the format of communication.
Like it or not, but peak compatibility is peak efficiency when it comes to language.
LANIK2000@lemmy.world 1 day ago
notthebees@reddthat.com 23 hours ago
I thought it was french that did that
LANIK2000@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
MisterFrog@lemmy.world 2 days ago
1.852 all the way in every single context. I will die on this hill haha
YeetPics@mander.xyz 1 day ago
We die on that hill together, brother!