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[-] AlmightySnoo@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

The French used to count in base 20 (so that means both hands and both feet), which is why they read 97 as quatre-vingt-dix-sept, ie 4*20+10+7.

[-] writeblankspace@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago

One of the reasons why I hate learning French so much.

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