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1. Xophme+(OP)[view] [source] 2015-02-17 12:55:56
It kind-of-is, it's just not particularly well-formed/ambiguous linguistically.
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2. GotAny+29[view] [source] 2015-02-17 14:57:18
>>Xophme+(OP)
A bit like 99 in French: quatre-vingt-dix-neuf

four twenties and ten and nine

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3. eitlan+yj[view] [source] [discussion] 2015-02-17 16:34:57
>>GotAny+29
I knew the Danes where counting in a crazy way but I didn't know the French did this as well.

One more reason I'm happy English is the most common international language I guess.

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4. iak8go+Qo[view] [source] [discussion] 2015-02-17 17:14:20
>>eitlan+yj
According to wikitionary [1] "four score and seven" was a commonplace way of saying "eighty seven" in 19th c. English.

[1] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/four_score_and_seven_years_ag...

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5. Xophme+Bp[view] [source] [discussion] 2015-02-17 17:21:09
>>eitlan+yj
Number systems by complexity: http://www.sf.airnet.ne.jp/ts/language/number.html
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