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[–] pinkdrunkenelephants@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why are they only used in some regions? Is it like a French redneck thing or a French poncy thing or...?

[–] zerofk@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

I honestly don’t know the history. I just know that Belgian French uses septante and nonante, Swiss French uses huitante as well. I think it’s more comparable to the vocabulary differences between for example American and British English.