laurenceOfSuburbia@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 2 months ago70=sixty-ten / 80=four-twenties / 90= four-twenty-tenlemmy.worldimagemessage-square51linkfedilinkarrow-up1226arrow-down18
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minus-squareTreczoks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 months agoJust ask the Danish how to “calculate” their word for 90, and you will consider the French approach simplicistic.
minus-squaredaddycool@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months ago90 = Half fives. 50 = Half sixty. 70 = Half (I don’t even know how to translate this)
minus-squareScrollone@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months ago70 = 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.
minus-squareScrollone@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoIn a way, Danish is more clear than French, because all numbers between 50 and 90 are based on the vigesimal (base-20) system.
minus-squareTreczoks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoOh yea, “half to five” aka 4.5 times 20. Very intuitive…
Just ask the Danish how to “calculate” their word for 90, and you will consider the French approach simplicistic.
90 = Half fives.
50 = Half sixty.
70 = Half (I don’t even know how to translate this)
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.
In a way, Danish is more clear than French, because all numbers between 50 and 90 are based on the vigesimal (base-20) system.
Oh yea, “half to five” aka 4.5 times 20. Very intuitive…