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minus-squarepuppinstuff@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·12 hours agoQuatre-vingt douze isn’t incredibly onerous when you use it in practice.
minus-squarejwmgregory@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 hours agohard agree i actually think france’s method of counting is pretty intuitive
minus-squareℛ𝒶𝓋ℯ𝓃@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 hours agoAgreed. Fourscore and twelve just works (English used to use this, at least in formal speech and writing).
minus-squareObi@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 hours agoQuatre-vingt dix huit or quatre-vingt dix neuf are definitely more of a mouthful and illustrate the point better.
Quatre-vingt douze isn’t incredibly onerous when you use it in practice.
hard agree i actually think france’s method of counting is pretty intuitive
Agreed. Fourscore and twelve just works (English used to use this, at least in formal speech and writing).
Yeah France is fine
Quatre-vingt dix huit or quatre-vingt dix neuf are definitely more of a mouthful and illustrate the point better.