• ladicius@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    The concept really is bullshit, and that’s coming from a German. For certain kinds of triple digit numbers people sometimes resort to saying the single digits in a row (“drei fünf neun” instead of dreiundertneunundfünfzig). Less misunderstandings, and faster.

    • SeekPie@lemm.ee
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      5 months ago

      dreiundertneunundfünfzig

      And you’re trying to tell me that the german language is real?

      • mryessir@lemmy.sdf.org
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        5 months ago

        Look at this:

        Dziewięćdziesiąt dziewięć

        Listen to it in polish via web. I’m serious, listen to it.

        • lad@programming.dev
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          4 months ago

          Dziewięćdziesiąt dziewięć

          Ḽ̵̩̠̣̤̋ő̷͙̩̟͎́͒͂̃ͅŏ̵͙̣̬ḱ̸̳̝̪̭̯s̶͔͂͗̀̕ ̴͉̊̈́̑̇f̴̝͖̖̳͆̅i̶̼͖̪̤̓͂̓̈́ń̶̩̎ͅe̸̗̥̣͛̈̍ ̴̙̈́̈ͅt̷̨̠̞̗͍̅̑̏̉o̴̻̝͍̿̏͑͆ ̶̱́̓̒̓͛ṃ̴̧̤͋̓̏̒̊é̵͎