robocall@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoEnglish may be a hot mess but at least we don't have to worry about this nonsenselemmy.worldimagemessage-square281fedilinkarrow-up1342arrow-down112
arrow-up1330arrow-down1imageEnglish may be a hot mess but at least we don't have to worry about this nonsenselemmy.worldrobocall@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square281fedilink
minus-squareKusimulkku@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-210 months agoI think Finnish would be 🇫🇮: 9•10+7 Nine-tens seven
minus-squareKoalaUnknown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-210 months agoSame for Japanese 🇯🇵: 9•10+7 九(kyuu) 十(juu) 七(nana) Also, similar to English, 20 does not follow the pattern but instead has its own word. (Still written as 2•10 though)
minus-squareBakerBagel@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months agoWhere do you think nine-ty in English comes from?
minus-squareKusimulkku@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-210 months agoI think it comes from nine-tens. But if you check, that commenter didn’t write it so.
I think Finnish would be
🇫🇮: 9•10+7
Nine-tens seven
Same for Japanese
🇯🇵: 9•10+7
九(kyuu) 十(juu) 七(nana)
Also, similar to English, 20 does not follow the pattern but instead has its own word. (Still written as 2•10 though)
Where do you think nine-ty in English comes from?
I think it comes from nine-tens. But if you check, that commenter didn’t write it so.