• Successful_Try543@feddit.de
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      1 year ago

      Afaik, they’ve changed the official system from the “German” to the “Swedish” order after WW2, but it is still used by many in spoken language.

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      Old people tend to say 2+90 while young people say 90+2. I heard that this new way of saying it was due to the introduction of the telephone, where people needed a more linear way of saying the numbers to reduce confusion. But I don’t have a source.

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        I guess the telephone just didn’t arrive properly in German speaking countries, at least we will soon get rid of most fax machines, hopefully that is…