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		3np on Nov 28, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why are German numbers backwards? Danish is the worst.. “six half-fives” (6 + (5 - 1/2)*20)

rvense on Nov 28, 2021 [–]

This is just the etymology. These words are just words, both in Danish and French. It's not like speakers of that language do the maths before saying it.

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