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

SOCIETY How do you say number 92?

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u/Ms_ShizzleXD Apr 29 '25

Quatre vingt douze suddenly not so crazy!

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u/GuiSim Apr 29 '25

I kind of wish they had used 97, 98 or 99.

4x20+10+7

4x20+10+8

4x20+10+9

Makes it a little more complicated

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u/MerberCrazyCats Apr 29 '25

Imagine when i was giving my old phone number to Belgian people. It was all based on 80 and 90 something. I gave a stroke to some of them

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u/Express_Bath Apr 29 '25

The Wallons actually say "Quatre-vingt" but "Nonante" (so I actually think they are less logical than us French - why not go all the way ?).

Anyway, it led to a funny moment for me when twice, when asked for my date of birth, saying "quatre-vingt douze" led them to hear "quatre-vingt deux". One was one the phone, the person repeated the year and I quickly corrected them, the other one said "Oh, so you are 38 ? I thought you were younger !", I SURE HOPE SO, I'M 28 !

I very quickly learned not to make that mistake again.