Gollum@feddit.de to Europe@feddit.deEnglish · 1年前How to say the number 92i.imgur.comimagemessage-square200fedilinkarrow-up1786arrow-down116 cross-posted to: mapporn@lemmy.world
arrow-up1770arrow-down1imageHow to say the number 92i.imgur.comGollum@feddit.de to Europe@feddit.deEnglish · 1年前message-square200fedilink cross-posted to: mapporn@lemmy.world
minus-squarepinkdrunkenelephantslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1年前Why don’t they have separate words for seventy, eighty and ninety?
minus-squarezerofk@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1年前They do, but they’re only used in some regions. Septante, huitante, nonante.
minus-squarepinkdrunkenelephantslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·1年前Why are they only used in some regions? Is it like a French redneck thing or a French poncy thing or…?
minus-squarezerofk@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1年前I honestly don’t know the history. I just know that Belgian French uses septante and nonante, Swiss French uses huitante as well. I think it’s more comparable to the vocabulary differences between for example American and British English.
Why don’t they have separate words for seventy, eighty and ninety?
They do, but they’re only used in some regions. Septante, huitante, nonante.
Why are they only used in some regions? Is it like a French redneck thing or a French poncy thing or…?
I honestly don’t know the history. I just know that Belgian French uses septante and nonante, Swiss French uses huitante as well. I think it’s more comparable to the vocabulary differences between for example American and British English.