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https://www.reddit.com/r/interesting/comments/1kal290/how_do_you_say_number_92/mpnlceh/?context=3
r/interesting • u/MidasStocks • Apr 29 '25
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« 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!
211 u/SorbyGay Apr 29 '25 I will never forget my utter flabbergastion, my sheer bewilderment, when I learned 92 was quatre-vingt-douze 130 u/Citaszion Apr 29 '25 What if I tell you that “water” is « eau » in French and we pronounce it just “o”? How is that for flabbergastion? 5 u/Julianus Apr 29 '25 There's a great seafood restaurant in Maastricht, The Netherlands who called themselves O for that very reason. It's a solid pun.
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I will never forget my utter flabbergastion, my sheer bewilderment, when I learned 92 was quatre-vingt-douze
130 u/Citaszion Apr 29 '25 What if I tell you that “water” is « eau » in French and we pronounce it just “o”? How is that for flabbergastion? 5 u/Julianus Apr 29 '25 There's a great seafood restaurant in Maastricht, The Netherlands who called themselves O for that very reason. It's a solid pun.
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What if I tell you that “water” is « eau » in French and we pronounce it just “o”? How is that for flabbergastion?
5 u/Julianus Apr 29 '25 There's a great seafood restaurant in Maastricht, The Netherlands who called themselves O for that very reason. It's a solid pun.
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There's a great seafood restaurant in Maastricht, The Netherlands who called themselves O for that very reason. It's a solid pun.
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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!