Impressive that Norway has bands of different ways to say 92!
this post was submitted on 26 Sep 2023
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Afaik, they've changed the official system from the "German" to the "Swedish" order after WW2, but it is still used by many in spoken language.
Old people tend to say 2+90 while young people say 90+2. I heard that this new way of saying it was due to the introduction of the telephone, where people needed a more linear way of saying the numbers to reduce confusion. But I don't have a source.
I guess the telephone just didn't arrive properly in German speaking countries, at least we will soon get rid of most fax machines, hopefully that is...
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Are all German numbers like that?
Yes, Germans say numbers like that. (It only applies to the tens tho)
Roughly translated you'd say two-and-ninety (without the minus, I just made those so it doesn't look that cursed)
It's mainly because at least in German it flows better than ninety two would. There have been pushes to accept ninety two as well but acceptance has been and continues to be scarce.
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Yes, and it's so annoying. I'm Austrian, a bit dyslexic, and sometime I just can't sevenandeighty sixandseventy.
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I'll see you at twenty past nine
NL: oh you mean 10 before the half of 10