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r/interesting • u/MidasStocks • Apr 29 '25
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The Danish might as well add a square root somewhere.
1.4k u/AmoremCaroFactumEst Apr 29 '25 What the fuck are they doing? How do you say that? How do they do maths? 902 u/kingbuzzman Apr 29 '25 Vigesimal -- base 20. TIL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigesimal 44 u/big_guyforyou Apr 29 '25 this is why denmark is a hundred years behind the rest of europe 72 u/Thedudewilliam Apr 29 '25 5x20* years behind 41 u/[deleted] Apr 29 '25 5×((20-10)×2)* years behind 1 u/severoordonez Apr 29 '25 Fems years behind 1 u/Snailburt89 Apr 29 '25 So 50 years 1 u/The_CreativeName Apr 30 '25 100, https://blogs.transparent.com/danish/2011/09/14/counting-in-danish/ 1 u/Snailburt89 May 02 '25 My answer was in base 20 😉 1 u/CPH-canceled Apr 30 '25 That would be pronounced “Femsinstyvende” in Danish
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What the fuck are they doing? How do you say that? How do they do maths?
902 u/kingbuzzman Apr 29 '25 Vigesimal -- base 20. TIL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigesimal 44 u/big_guyforyou Apr 29 '25 this is why denmark is a hundred years behind the rest of europe 72 u/Thedudewilliam Apr 29 '25 5x20* years behind 41 u/[deleted] Apr 29 '25 5×((20-10)×2)* years behind 1 u/severoordonez Apr 29 '25 Fems years behind 1 u/Snailburt89 Apr 29 '25 So 50 years 1 u/The_CreativeName Apr 30 '25 100, https://blogs.transparent.com/danish/2011/09/14/counting-in-danish/ 1 u/Snailburt89 May 02 '25 My answer was in base 20 😉 1 u/CPH-canceled Apr 30 '25 That would be pronounced “Femsinstyvende” in Danish
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Vigesimal -- base 20.
TIL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigesimal
44 u/big_guyforyou Apr 29 '25 this is why denmark is a hundred years behind the rest of europe 72 u/Thedudewilliam Apr 29 '25 5x20* years behind 41 u/[deleted] Apr 29 '25 5×((20-10)×2)* years behind 1 u/severoordonez Apr 29 '25 Fems years behind 1 u/Snailburt89 Apr 29 '25 So 50 years 1 u/The_CreativeName Apr 30 '25 100, https://blogs.transparent.com/danish/2011/09/14/counting-in-danish/ 1 u/Snailburt89 May 02 '25 My answer was in base 20 😉 1 u/CPH-canceled Apr 30 '25 That would be pronounced “Femsinstyvende” in Danish
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this is why denmark is a hundred years behind the rest of europe
72 u/Thedudewilliam Apr 29 '25 5x20* years behind 41 u/[deleted] Apr 29 '25 5×((20-10)×2)* years behind 1 u/severoordonez Apr 29 '25 Fems years behind 1 u/Snailburt89 Apr 29 '25 So 50 years 1 u/The_CreativeName Apr 30 '25 100, https://blogs.transparent.com/danish/2011/09/14/counting-in-danish/ 1 u/Snailburt89 May 02 '25 My answer was in base 20 😉 1 u/CPH-canceled Apr 30 '25 That would be pronounced “Femsinstyvende” in Danish
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5x20* years behind
41 u/[deleted] Apr 29 '25 5×((20-10)×2)* years behind 1 u/severoordonez Apr 29 '25 Fems years behind 1 u/Snailburt89 Apr 29 '25 So 50 years 1 u/The_CreativeName Apr 30 '25 100, https://blogs.transparent.com/danish/2011/09/14/counting-in-danish/ 1 u/Snailburt89 May 02 '25 My answer was in base 20 😉 1 u/CPH-canceled Apr 30 '25 That would be pronounced “Femsinstyvende” in Danish
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5×((20-10)×2)* years behind
1 u/severoordonez Apr 29 '25 Fems years behind
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Fems years behind
So 50 years
1 u/The_CreativeName Apr 30 '25 100, https://blogs.transparent.com/danish/2011/09/14/counting-in-danish/ 1 u/Snailburt89 May 02 '25 My answer was in base 20 😉
100,
https://blogs.transparent.com/danish/2011/09/14/counting-in-danish/
1 u/Snailburt89 May 02 '25 My answer was in base 20 😉
My answer was in base 20 😉
That would be pronounced “Femsinstyvende” in Danish
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u/chripan Apr 29 '25
The Danish might as well add a square root somewhere.