• pinkdrunkenelephants
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    1 year ago

    Why are they only used in some regions? Is it like a French redneck thing or a French poncy thing or…?

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      1 year ago

      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.