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Colors, localized. (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 1 year ago by rclkrtrzckr@discuss.tchncs.de to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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

Please elaborate. Any background on this?

[–] alr@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The Danish word for 99 is nioghalvfems, which literally means "nine and half five." Which you could be forgiven for assuming meant 11½. The trick is that a) "half five" actually means 4½, as in half less than five, and b) it's implied that you're supposed to multiply the second part by 20. So the proper math is 9 + (-½ + 5) * 20 = 99.