MTZ@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 6 days agoWhat a relief!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1323arrow-down10
arrow-up1323arrow-down1imageWhat a relief!lemmy.worldMTZ@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 6 days agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-squareWorx@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up41·6 days agoTo be fair, it’s not like we were saying “one thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine”
minus-squaresomeguy3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·6 days agoGoogle translate gives me “Dix-neuf quatre-vingt-dix-neuf” for nineteen ninety nine.
minus-squareFeyr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·6 days agoClose. Dix neuf cent quatre-vingt dix neuf
minus-squaresomeguy3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·6 days agoisn’t that nineteen hundred ninety nine?
minus-squareSchwertImStein@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·4 days agoYeah, but that assumes they say it this way. They do not
minus-squareBaŝto@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 days agoIsn’t generally common to have two digit hundred numbers if they are more convenient / shorter to say than with thousand?
minus-squareWorx@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·5 days agoIn America, yes. In the UK, no (although it is getting more common with younger people I find) I heard a theory that it’s because Americans have $100 bills, whereas the UK only goes up to £50. So counting up in hundreds is more natural in America
minus-squarepotoooooooo ☑️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 days agoDefinitely not. Imagine what people must have thought of us, had we done that…?
To be fair, it’s not like we were saying “one thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine”
Google translate gives me “Dix-neuf quatre-vingt-dix-neuf” for nineteen ninety nine.
Close. Dix neuf cent quatre-vingt dix neuf
isn’t that nineteen hundred ninety nine?
Yes, both would work.
Yeah, but that assumes they say it this way. They do not
Isn’t generally common to have two digit hundred numbers if they are more convenient / shorter to say than with thousand?
In America, yes. In the UK, no (although it is getting more common with younger people I find)
I heard a theory that it’s because Americans have $100 bills, whereas the UK only goes up to £50. So counting up in hundreds is more natural in America
no
Definitely not. Imagine what people must have thought of us, had we done that…?