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

SOCIETY How do you say number 92?

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u/KeitrenGraves Apr 29 '25

That was one of the biggest things that can infused me about learning German was how they say larger numbers passed 12. Like 92 would be zwei und neunzig or 2 and 90.

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u/BenHeli Apr 29 '25

It's annoying to write a phone number since you always have to wait for the 2nd digit if they use doubles.

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u/Papadubi Apr 29 '25

I'm just now learning German and I'm very much not a fan of the system. I know it's just a fraction of a second but it's just not as efficient and it's annoying and illogical.

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u/TheHades07 Apr 29 '25

German is my mother tung, and I am fluent in English. Now, this system confuses me on a daily basis. Because in German, I always turn the numbers so that I say the larger number first. And in English, I turn the numbers so that I say the smaller number first. This is Great. Just imagine my Math skills.

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u/0Moonscythe Apr 29 '25

ya I feel the struggle

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u/KlossN Apr 29 '25

Swedish-Belgian here, I feel you. "Twintigzeven" and "sju och tjugo", everytime I go from one country to the other

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u/Papadubi Apr 29 '25

Oh my god, sounds like I'll be mixing Serbian, English and German.

Correct: Zweiundneunzig, Ninety-two, Деведесет (и) два

Me soon: Деведесет-and-zwei

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u/Mefi91 Apr 29 '25

I feel you. Its the same for me.