@robocall@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish • 5 months agoEnglish may be a hot mess but at least we don't have to worry about this nonsenselemmy.worldimagemessage-square341fedilinkarrow-up11.44Karrow-down142
arrow-up11.4Karrow-down1imageEnglish may be a hot mess but at least we don't have to worry about this nonsenselemmy.world@robocall@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish • 5 months agomessage-square341fedilink
minus-square@neutron@thelemmy.clublinkfedilink1•5 months agoMeanwhile in CJK languages we just chill and say 9 x 10 + 7. Why doesn’t everyone do that?
minus-square@TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•5 months agoI guess “ninety” likely stems from “nine tens”, so I guess English isn’t far off
Meanwhile in CJK languages we just chill and say
9 x 10 + 7
. Why doesn’t everyone do that?I guess “ninety” likely stems from “nine tens”, so I guess English isn’t far off