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English is the worst language: An anthology. (lemmy.ml)
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[โ€“] Mad_Raccoon@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

the french way to spell number is way easier imo, quatre vingt dix huit, 4*20+10+8 = 98, super intuitive when you give it a bit of thought.

[โ€“] Zerush@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Only when you use apart from the fingers, you also use the toes. I would not like the way to express fractions and orders. 43/313 in French, please ๐Ÿ˜ต

[โ€“] Mad_Raccoon@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 years ago

quarante trois / sur / trois cent treize. 40+3 / 3*100+13 , its not that hard