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-squareneutron@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoMeanwhile in CJK languages we just chill and say 9 x 10 + 7. Why doesn’t everyone do that?
minus-squareTheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoI guess “ninety” likely stems from “nine tens”, so I guess English isn’t far off
Meanwhile in CJK languages we just chill and say
9 x 10 + 7
. Why doesn’t everyone do that?I guess “ninety” likely stems from “nine tens”, so I guess English isn’t far off