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[–] SolanumChillEse@lemmy.world 52 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Just started learning French only to find out you need a Bachelor’s in math just to count past 70.

[–] mamarguerat@discuss.tchncs.de 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

In Swiss French we say « septante » (70) « huitante » (80) and « nonante » (90) which is better than counting by 20

[–] rclkrtrzckr@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Swiss French doesn't count as French (like Schwiizerdütsch isch nöd Dütsch)

[–] phedolin@vlemmy.net 2 points 1 year ago

Es zellt als Russisch.. 🙃

[–] tchotchony@mander.xyz 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So does Walloon French.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A couple of articles are telling me that Belgian French speakers use sepante and nonante, but not huitante? Is that the case?

[–] tchotchony@mander.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

I think so, never used huitante before, but then I'm Flemish, not Walloon.

[–] burningmatches@feddit.uk 8 points 1 year ago

English used to do this too. The most famous example is the first line of Lincoln’s Gettysburg address:

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.