Gollum to MapPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agoHow to say the number 92i.imgur.comimagemessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up118file-textcross-posted to: europe@feddit.de
arrow-up118imageHow to say the number 92i.imgur.comGollum to MapPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square14fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: europe@feddit.de
minus-square@Anamana@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglish0•edit-21 year agoI think the German solution works better for the German language. ‘neunzigundzwei’ sounds worse than ‘zweiundneunzig’ or at least less flowy. But I’m obv biased by being German lol and this is just one example.
minus-squareChariotwheellinkfedilink2•1 year agoI think that’s just because you’re used to it. I am German too and it would feel weird, but our way of saying it is really weird, when considered. Especially if you add a hundred. 137 One-hundred seven and thirty It’s just uselessly jumping around.
minus-square@CommunicationOk3492@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoYeah, I think we’re just biased. If it would have been always the other way around, we probably would think it’s the flowy way to say it xD
I think the German solution works better for the German language. ‘neunzigundzwei’ sounds worse than ‘zweiundneunzig’ or at least less flowy. But I’m obv biased by being German lol and this is just one example.
I think that’s just because you’re used to it.
I am German too and it would feel weird, but our way of saying it is really weird, when considered.
Especially if you add a hundred.
137
One-hundred seven and thirty
It’s just uselessly jumping around.
Yeah, I think we’re just biased. If it would have been always the other way around, we probably would think it’s the flowy way to say it xD