• @[email protected]
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    356 months ago

    I like the sense of suspense. Leave l leaves sometimes critical information to the last second!

    • @ladicius
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      406 months ago

      The concept really is bullshit, and that’s coming from a German. For certain kinds of triple digit numbers people sometimes resort to saying the single digits in a row (“drei fünf neun” instead of dreiundertneunundfünfzig). Less misunderstandings, and faster.

      • SeekPie
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        156 months ago

        dreiundertneunundfünfzig

        And you’re trying to tell me that the german language is real?

        • @[email protected]
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          46 months ago

          Look at this:

          Dziewięćdziesiąt dziewięć

          Listen to it in polish via web. I’m serious, listen to it.

          • lad
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            26 months ago

            Dziewięćdziesiąt dziewięć

            Ḽ̵̩̠̣̤̋ő̷͙̩̟͎́͒͂̃ͅŏ̵͙̣̬ḱ̸̳̝̪̭̯s̶͔͂͗̀̕ ̴͉̊̈́̑̇f̴̝͖̖̳͆̅i̶̼͖̪̤̓͂̓̈́ń̶̩̎ͅe̸̗̥̣͛̈̍ ̴̙̈́̈ͅt̷̨̠̞̗͍̅̑̏̉o̴̻̝͍̿̏͑͆ ̶̱́̓̒̓͛ṃ̴̧̤͋̓̏̒̊é̵͎

    • Codex
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      356 months ago

      I’ve been learning German and I call it the surprise ending language because everything is like that. In complex phrases, you often leave the primary verb until the very last word. So you might get something like:

      I’d like to, with your daughter and a duck, this coming weekend, at the park, if it’s not raining, with our bicycles, go for a ride.

      • @Crackhappy
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        146 months ago

        I will accede to your request but only under one condition which is that I come.

        • Codex
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          56 months ago

          Ja, sehr gut! Ich liebe mit mein Freunden in dem Park Fahrrad fahren!

          • ASeriesOfPoorChoices
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            46 months ago

            wut? that’s language. Date order is American. There’s no such thing as English complex or simple or whatever for date orders. But there is British, if that helps you at all.

            • @[email protected]
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              06 months ago

              On things which have both British English and American English denoted by flag and name American English is often put as “English(simplified)” and British English as just “English”.

            • nickwitha_k (he/him)
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              -26 months ago

              The order of dates has direct interplay with language syntax. January first, 1970 vs the first of January, 1970. It’s characteristic of the dialect of English and its spoken syntax, not just how dates are written.

              • lad
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                06 months ago

                If that’s the case, the German should write 143 as 134, since they pronounce it that way, yeah? /s