🍹Early to RISA 🧉M to Greentext@sh.itjust.works • 11 months agoAnon is Frenchsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square3arrow-up10
arrow-up10imageAnon is Frenchsh.itjust.works🍹Early to RISA 🧉M to Greentext@sh.itjust.works • 11 months agomessage-square3
minus-square@Corndog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink0•11 months agoAs much as I love shitting on the French for being terrible with numbers (seriously, how the fuck is the word for ‘99’ ‘four-twenties, a ten, and a nine’?!?) this one seems intentional so you can feel when you run out.
minus-square@BruceTwarzen@lemm.eelinkfedilink0•11 months agoThe funny thing is that in Switzerland they commonly say nonante neuf. So it’s not like there is no word for 90
minus-square@nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.calinkfedilink1•11 months agoSomeone tried to improve the French language and predictably the French were having none of it.
As much as I love shitting on the French for being terrible with numbers (seriously, how the fuck is the word for ‘99’ ‘four-twenties, a ten, and a nine’?!?) this one seems intentional so you can feel when you run out.
The funny thing is that in Switzerland they commonly say nonante neuf. So it’s not like there is no word for 90
Someone tried to improve the French language and predictably the French were having none of it.