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by elric 492 days ago
> Remember Germany is still the place where you say four-and-twenty for twenty-four …

That's a weird remark to make. Lots of languages do that. And if you want to talk weird numbers, try Japanese with their 10k grouping (e.g. 100k is 10 10k, juu man, 1M is 100 100k, hyaku man, etc).

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Humans are truly creative when it comes to counting.

Regularly switching between four-and-twenty and twenty-four, I find it annoying and hence a slight frustration might have sipped through.

Laughs in Danish!