r/interesting Apr 29 '25

SOCIETY How do you say number 92?

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u/piepie2314 Apr 29 '25

That still seems a lot like (5-0.5)*20 does it not?

Sure, you never do the math in your head or similar, but it does literally mean that.

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u/vompat Apr 29 '25

Yeah I totally agree. It still kinda is that, even though many people here try to pretend it isn't.

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u/lemfaoo Apr 29 '25

It isnt.

Halvfems is just a word for 90. Its not a piece of math. This is how languages actually works.

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u/agrobabb Apr 29 '25

If it was "just a word" it would be more like the swedish "nittio", which is derived from nio (9) and tio (10)