robocall@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoEnglish may be a hot mess but at least we don't have to worry about this nonsenselemmy.worldimagemessage-square353fedilinkarrow-up11.33Karrow-down139
arrow-up11.29Karrow-down1imageEnglish may be a hot mess but at least we don't have to worry about this nonsenselemmy.worldrobocall@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square353fedilink
minus-squareKusimulkku@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-210 months agoI think Finnish would be 🇫🇮: 9•10+7 Nine-tens seven
minus-squareBakerBagel@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6·10 months agoWhere do you think nine-ty in English comes from?
minus-squareKoalaUnknown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-210 months agoSame for Japanese 🇯🇵: 9•10+7 九(kyuu) 十(juu) 七(nana) Also, similar to English, 20 does not follow the pattern but instead has its own word. (Still written as 2•10 though)
I think Finnish would be
🇫🇮: 9•10+7
Nine-tens seven
Where do you think nine-ty in English comes from?
Same for Japanese
🇯🇵: 9•10+7
九(kyuu) 十(juu) 七(nana)
Also, similar to English, 20 does not follow the pattern but instead has its own word. (Still written as 2•10 though)