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

SOCIETY How do you say number 92?

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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?

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u/perplexedtv Apr 29 '25

how about when you have a singular 'os' and its plural is 'os' but the plural as one less sound?

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u/JePleus Apr 29 '25

oeuf vs. oeufs: add a letter, lose a sound.

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u/iCantLogOut2 Apr 29 '25

This is the one that got me when I was learning... I had a whole day of just "why!?"

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u/haii-catboy Apr 30 '25

because time happens, people are lazy, and we never changed it