Gollum@feddit.de to Europe@feddit.deEnglish · 9 months agoHow to say the number 92i.imgur.comimagemessage-square201fedilinkarrow-up1788arrow-down116 cross-posted to: mapporn@lemmy.world
arrow-up1772arrow-down1imageHow to say the number 92i.imgur.comGollum@feddit.de to Europe@feddit.deEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square201fedilink cross-posted to: mapporn@lemmy.world
minus-squareQueen HawlSera@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down7·9 months agoWho out here is calling ninety two as two ninety?
minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·edit-29 months agoLook at the map, dude. German, Dutch, Slovenian, sometimes Norwegian (and Czech). Usually adding “and” between the two numbers.
minus-squareMananasi@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·9 months agoIn Dutch it’s tweeënnegentig. Which is three words connected: twee en negentig. Or literally translated: two and ninety.
minus-squareAnders@lemdro.idlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-29 months agoIn Norwegian, the correct way to say it is ninety two, but in daily speech, it’s interchangeable with two-and-ninety.
minus-squarestepanzak@iusearchlinux.fyilinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoSame in Czech, but the two-and-ninety is not much used.
minus-squareVO0RHAMER@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 months agoI thing english also used to do this right? Saying 2 and 90 surely sounds old timey
Who out here is calling ninety two as two ninety?
Look at the map, dude. German, Dutch, Slovenian, sometimes Norwegian (and Czech). Usually adding “and” between the two numbers.
In Dutch it’s tweeënnegentig. Which is three words connected: twee en negentig. Or literally translated: two and ninety.
In Norwegian, the correct way to say it is ninety two, but in daily speech, it’s interchangeable with two-and-ninety.
Same in Czech, but the two-and-ninety is not much used.
I thing english also used to do this right? Saying 2 and 90 surely sounds old timey