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minus-squareSwednecklinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down2·2 years agoalso “ninety” is literally just a shortening of “nine ten”, it’s not like the french pronounce the whole thing either, i’d wager it usually comes out more like “katvandisett” which isn’t much worse than “ninetyseven”
minus-squareNoodle07@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 years agoActually we do prononce it entirely, at most dropping the first syllable
minus-squareCalavera@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoSince we use decimal system then nine+ten makes complete sense
also “ninety” is literally just a shortening of “nine ten”, it’s not like the french pronounce the whole thing either, i’d wager it usually comes out more like “katvandisett” which isn’t much worse than “ninetyseven”
Actually we do prononce it entirely, at most dropping the first syllable
Since we use decimal system then nine+ten makes complete sense