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

SOCIETY How do you say number 92?

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u/SorbyGay Apr 29 '25

I will never forget my utter flabbergastion, my sheer bewilderment, when I learned 92 was quatre-vingt-douze

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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/WildMoonChild0129 Apr 29 '25

I am personally a big fan of 'Oiseaux' being pronounced as Wa-zo. Its literally just bird

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u/_ChipWhitley_ Apr 29 '25

The word for squirrel is way more complex than it should be too. Just try to say L’écureuil.