• mamarguerat
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      In Swiss French we say « septante » (70) « huitante » (80) and « nonante » (90) which is better than counting by 20

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      English used to do this too. The most famous example is the first line of Lincoln’s Gettysburg address:

      Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.