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To AMemoriam, that is a very valid argument, but even compared to other germanic languages it still has words that differentiate a lot. English is also a germanic language.
To the writer of the article. Science directly translated is just Wissenschaft even though naturwissenschaft also is used
English: Cool
English: Bullshit
German: gallinazo
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slovak: peenka :)
i found always funny that germans read numbers backwards
they dont say thirty five, intead they say five and thirty :)
threes = 3 scores = 3*20 = 60
five and threes = 65 = 5 + 3 score = 5 + 3*20
half fourths = "half the fourht schore" (pluss the whole ones before it) = 3*20 + 10 = 70
The danish are the only scandinavians that use those numbers, and the rest of us struggle understanding them. At least until we learn the "key" to deciphering them.
French is so Baroque...
70 = 60+10 = soixante-dix
75 = 60+15 = soixante-quinze
80 = 4*20 = quatre-vingts
90 = 4*20+10 = quatre-vingt dix
95 = 4*20+15 = quatre-vingt quinze