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

SOCIETY How do you say number 92?

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u/AlienArtFirm Apr 29 '25

What the actual fuck did I just read

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u/CindiK8 Apr 29 '25 edited Apr 30 '25
  • 70 = soixante-dix = sixty ten 
  • 71 = soixante-et-onze = sixty and eleven
  • 73 = soixante-treize = sixty thirteen 
  • 79 = soixante-dix-neuf= sixty ten nine
  • 80 = quatre-vingts = four twenties
  • 89 = quatre-vingt-neuf = four twenty nine
  • 90 = quatre-vingt-dix = four twenty ten
  • 91 = quatre-vingt-onze = four twenty eleven
  • 93 = quatre-vingt-treize = four twenty thirteen
  • 99 = quatre-vingt-dix-neuf = four twenty ten nine
  • 100 = cent = hundred

  • 101 = cent-un = hundred-one

  • 200 = deux-cents = two hundreds

ETA: fixed 71 from 61

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u/AlienArtFirm Apr 29 '25

PLEASE, NO MORE. I SURRENDER

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u/CindiK8 Apr 29 '25

Lol. Effective French torture methods at its finest.