Lady Laura 
HilaryYes, and to make it worse, French people always quote phone numbers as a string of two digit numbers, rather than single digits.
Absolutely does my head in, every time
Marcos Dione@regordane @cmconseils it does everyone's head in. You can see French people pausing writing numbers down the moment you say 'quatre', which extends if you immediately say 'vingt'.
HighlandLawyer@mdione @regordane @cmconseils
Likewise in Gaelic, when saying X things, the thing is often in the middle of the number.
For example "aon chat deug" one cat ten (11), "dà chat deug" (12), "trì cait deug" three cats ten (13), "ceithir fichead cat 's a h-aon" four twenty cat and one (81).
Likewise in Gaelic, when saying X things, the thing is often in the middle of the number.
For example "aon chat deug" one cat ten (11), "dà chat deug" (12), "trì cait deug" three cats ten (13), "ceithir fichead cat 's a h-aon" four twenty cat and one (81).
@HighlandLawyer @mdione @cmconseils
Gosh, that's not even consistent about whether the tens or the units come first
@regordane @mdione @cmconseils
Twenties or half-hundreds come first, or units when there are no twenties. Also the noun is singular with one, two, twenties, or half-hundreds, and plural otherwise.
Oh, not forgetting that one & two lenite the noun, and two makes feminine nouns prepositional.
Twenties or half-hundreds come first, or units when there are no twenties. Also the noun is singular with one, two, twenties, or half-hundreds, and plural otherwise.
Oh, not forgetting that one & two lenite the noun, and two makes feminine nouns prepositional.
TYB@HighlandLawyer @mdione @regordane @cmconseils
Idem en breton : triwec'h kazh ha pevar-ugent = tri x c'hwec'h kazh ha pevar x ugent (3 x 6 chats et 4 x 20 (98 chats)) noter, bien entendu, que chat est au singulier 🤪
Idem en breton : triwec'h kazh ha pevar-ugent = tri x c'hwec'h kazh ha pevar x ugent (3 x 6 chats et 4 x 20 (98 chats)) noter, bien entendu, que chat est au singulier 🤪