Gollum@feddit.de to Europe@feddit.deEnglish · 9 months agoHow to say the number 92i.imgur.comimagemessage-square201fedilinkarrow-up1788arrow-down116 cross-posted to: mapporn@lemmy.world
arrow-up1772arrow-down1imageHow to say the number 92i.imgur.comGollum@feddit.de to Europe@feddit.deEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square201fedilink cross-posted to: mapporn@lemmy.world
minus-squarepinkdrunkenelephants@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·9 months agoWhy don’t they have separate words for seventy, eighty and ninety?
minus-squarezerofk@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 months agoThey do, but they’re only used in some regions. Septante, huitante, nonante.
minus-squarepinkdrunkenelephants@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·9 months agoWhy are they only used in some regions? Is it like a French redneck thing or a French poncy thing or…?
minus-squarezerofk@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·9 months agoI 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.