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[-] daddycool@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

90 = Half fives.

50 = Half sixty.

70 = Half (I don't even know how to translate this)

[-] kungen@feddit.nu 5 points 1 day ago

Huh? 50 is halvtreds (20 * 2.5)

70 is actually halvfjerdensindstyve, literally "half to the four(th20) times 20". So the base number (20) * 3.5...

The problem is, Danish people can't understand each other even with the simplest of words, so they just say halvfjerds.

[-] Scrollone@feddit.it 2 points 1 day ago

70 = halfway to the fourth twenty

In other words, three twenties are 60, four twenties are 80, halfway between them is 70.

Same for the other ones: 50 is halfway to the third twenty, 90 is half more than the fourth twenty.

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