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[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Tbf I think in English it's more like... 9*10+7

I'm not a historian or linguist so there is a good chance I'm wrong, but I just kind of always assumed that "ninety" meant "nine-tens" - that the "ty" was an earlier form of, or was corrupted from, "tens".

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Checks out:

from Old English nigontig, from nine + -tig "group of ten"

[–] kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Russian be like:

  • ten
  • two ten
  • three ten
  • centipede
  • five ten ...
[–] uis@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
  • centipede

Sounds simular, but no. It was commonly traded abount of sobol(and other animals with fur) skins. Sooo...

  • ten
  • two ten
  • three ten
  • furry
  • five ten

...

  • eight ten
  • ninetillhundred
  • hundred

And 123456 would be hundred two ten three thousands four hundred five ten six.

Also worth noting that current 10 is десять, while everything more then 10 is using older дцать.

Swiss french use the 80s and 90s terms like in english

[–] Astronautical@sh.itjust.works -3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

For reference, 97 in French is " Quatre Van Dix Neuf"

[–] BleatingZombie@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think that's actually 99

[–] Birch@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago
[–] BrowseMan@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Then you have the superior, Swiss /Belgian way: 90+7, "nonante-sept"

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