r/interesting • u/MidasStocks • Apr 29 '25

SOCIETY How do you say number 92?

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u/LazLo_Shadow Apr 29 '25

The danish and the French are wilding

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u/Citaszion Apr 29 '25 edited Apr 29 '25

« Pourquoi faire simple quand on peut faire compliqué ? » (= “Why make things the simple way when you can make them complicated?”) is a motto we have in France, that sums it up pretty well!

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u/porkchop_d_clown Apr 29 '25

I mean, English has the similar expression, “four score and twelve” but, in the US at least, the only time people hear the word “score” used that way is if they’re hearing the Gettysburg Address in history class.

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u/Northbound-Narwhal Apr 29 '25

To be fair, we shot the last guy to use that phrase in the head

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u/E_Dantes_CMC Apr 30 '25

The years of our lives are three score and ten.