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[–] 41 points 11 months ago (10 children)

To be fair, it's not like we were saying "one thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine"

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  • [–] 11 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    Google translate gives me "Dix-neuf quatre-vingt-dix-neuf" for nineteen ninety nine.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    Isn’t generally common to have two digit hundred numbers if they are more convenient / shorter to say than with thousand?

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    In America, yes. In the UK, no (although it is getting more common with younger people I find)

    I heard a theory that it's because Americans have $100 bills, whereas the UK only goes up to £50. So counting up in hundreds is more natural in America

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    I’ve heard in German, though we also have bills >100€. But I don’t think that’s the reason for it. Fifteen hundred is a lot shorter to say than one thousand five hundred and it’s roughly the same length in German. I think I’ve only heard it for numbers <2000 and with the last two digits being 0.

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