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[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The Dutch say the final number before the second last. 23 in Dutch is pronounced 3 and 20, 64 is 4 and 60.

Annoying AF.

[–] basxto@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

English still does this for numbers <20

Germanic languages also have fun names for 11 and 12, which basically mean "one left over" and "two left over".

[–] ViatorOmnium@piefed.social 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

So does Danish, they just add the weird math on top because they had to beat both French and German.