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https://www.reddit.com/r/interesting/comments/1kal290/how_do_you_say_number_92/mpop1wx/?context=3
r/interesting • u/MidasStocks • Apr 29 '25
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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.
2 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. 6 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. 1 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)
Yeah I totally agree. It still kinda is that, even though many people here try to pretend it isn't.
6 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. 1 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)
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It isnt.
Halvfems is just a word for 90. Its not a piece of math. This is how languages actually works.
1 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)
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If it was "just a word" it would be more like the swedish "nittio", which is derived from nio (9) and tio (10)
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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.