Gollum@feddit.de to Europe@feddit.deEnglish · 2 years agoHow to say the number 92i.imgur.comexternal-linkmessage-square196fedilinkarrow-up1790 cross-posted to: mapporn@lemmy.world
arrow-up1790external-linkHow to say the number 92i.imgur.comGollum@feddit.de to Europe@feddit.deEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square196fedilink cross-posted to: mapporn@lemmy.world
minus-squarepinkdrunkenelephants@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoWhy don’t they have separate words for seventy, eighty and ninety?
minus-squarezerofk@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 years agoThey do, but they’re only used in some regions. Septante, huitante, nonante.
minus-squarepinkdrunkenelephants@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 years agoWhy are they only used in some regions? Is it like a French redneck thing or a French poncy thing or…?
minus-squarezerofk@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 years agoI honestly don’t know the history. I just know that Belgian French uses septante and nonante, Swiss French uses huitante as well. I think it’s more comparable to the vocabulary differences between for example American and British English.
Why don’t they have separate words for seventy, eighty and ninety?
They do, but they’re only used in some regions. Septante, huitante, nonante.
Why are they only used in some regions? Is it like a French redneck thing or a French poncy thing or…?
I honestly don’t know the history. I just know that Belgian French uses septante and nonante, Swiss French uses huitante as well. I think it’s more comparable to the vocabulary differences between for example American and British English.