Mine is people who separate words when they write. I’m Norwegian, and we can string together words indefinetly to make a new word. The never ending word may not make any sense, but it is gramatically correct
Still, people write words the wrong way by separating them.
Examples:
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“Ananas ringer” means “the pineapple is calling” when written the wrong way. The correct way is “ananasringer” and it means “pineapple rings” (from a tin).
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“Prinsesse pult i vinkel” means “a princess fucked at an angle”. The correct way to write it is “prinsessepult i vinkel”, and it means “an angeled princess desk” (a desk for children, obviously)
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“Koke bøker” means “to cook books”. The correct way is “kokebøker” and means “cookbooks”
I see these kinds of mistakes everywhere!
In Dutch, the proper way to say it’s e.g., 8h30 is “half nine”.
Makes it extra confusing when they say the same in (British) English for 9h30. So short for half past nine.
You wouldn’t pronounce €8.50 as “half nine Euro”.
Even worse: the correct way of saying 8h40 is “10 past half nine”.
My brain kicked on and asked me if I wanted a migraine trying to read that.
8h30 = halv ni
9h30 = halv ti
€8,50 = åtte euro og 50 eurocent (we do not use Euro in Norway)
8h40 = ti over halv ni
Can you say 10 before half nine for 8:20?
Yes.
8h23 would be 7 before half 9.
But most people while speaking would just say 8.23 or 23 past 8.