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[–] 76 points 3 years ago (7 children)

Wait until you hear what the Danes do.

Why is “97” “7 + [-½+5] x 20” in Danish?

https://jose-lesson.com/lin/2017/01/16/nonaginta-septem/

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  • [–] 25 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    It's kind of funny how aware Danes are of their weird numbers system. I speak Norwegian and whenever I'm in Denmark they use the more sensible Norwegian number system to explain to me the prices of stuff (probably because I give them the deer in the headlights-stare whenever I hear something like "fem og halvfjerds").

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago

    I'm otherwise decently fluent in Danish (first learned nynorsk then lived in Denmark for a few years). But when numbers come out I immediately switch back to Norwegian. Fucking Danes.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    Thanks for the link! While I was aware of the weird numbers in Danish, this gave a great explanation and I wish I had had this info when I was forced to learn French in school. The way this vigntisian system evolved is actually quite interesting and makes so much sense. Everything makes sense now. Wow.

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