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Everything ok Denmark and France? (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/justpost@lemmy.world
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[โ€“] 32 points 5 months ago (5 children)

French speaking Belgium straight up invented new words for 70, 80, 90 because even they don't like that French bullshit

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  • [โ€“] 14 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Swiss french too has cut a stop to that nonsense

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  • [โ€“] 8 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    They both came about in France around the same time, just influenced by Celtic/Germanic base-20 system or the romance base-10 system. Then France standardized to the ridiculous base-20 system and Belgium and Switzerland went with the correct system.

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