• solsangraal
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    1 month ago

    lol i love german. who else would call 12 of something a “double half dozen”

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      1 month ago

      I totally made that up by the way so don’t rely on it at all with actual Germans.

      Don’t forget their neighbour with numbers like “quatre-vingt-dix-sept” though, I think theres a reason for so many renowned French mathematicians.