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[–] SolanumChillEse@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Just started learning French only to find out you need a Bachelor’s in math just to count past 70.

[–] mamarguerat@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

In Swiss French we say « septante » (70) « huitante » (80) and « nonante » (90) which is better than counting by 20

[–] rclkrtrzckr@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 years ago

Swiss French doesn't count as French (like Schwiizerdütsch isch nöd Dütsch)

[–] tchotchony@mander.xyz 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So does Walloon French.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 1 points 2 years ago

A couple of articles are telling me that Belgian French speakers use sepante and nonante, but not huitante? Is that the case?

[–] burningmatches@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago

English used to do this too. The most famous example is the first line of Lincoln’s Gettysburg address:

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.