Post A5F1f7MLfUXTaJX9lI by dlek@x0r.be
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 (DIR) Post #A5EyVHGrf9aXZBaKTw by dlek@x0r.be
       2021-03-15T16:54:51Z
       
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       I love language.  Image source https://i.redd.it/7syim1p0e6n61.jpg, no idea what thread, I don't use Reddit.
       
 (DIR) Post #A5EzzSzSks12YTP8wC by wolf480pl@mstdn.io
       2021-03-15T17:25:00Z
       
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       @dlek German is pretty similar in that regard as well
       
 (DIR) Post #A5F1f7MLfUXTaJX9lI by dlek@x0r.be
       2021-03-15T17:43:46Z
       
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       @wolf480pl 👍 Yes, I have just enough knowledge of German to have thought of this as well.  It has occurred to me to create a new one about the length of compound words--English: "Compound word!" French: "Portemanteau!"  German shows up: "Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz!"
       
 (DIR) Post #A5GS7lRB2qyLxV4Yme by penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
       2021-03-16T10:15:01Z
       
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       @dlek The book 'The universal history of numbers' by Georges Ifrah does a lot of comparisons between languages and their representations of numbers; I don't remember this one being mentioned, but I do remember it saying French has a lot of remnants of base 5/20 counting.
       
 (DIR) Post #A5GTaEZcPXUiNxA0AK by ffeth@mastodon.gougere.fr
       2021-03-16T09:39:38Z
       
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       @dlek nonante neuf ?
       
 (DIR) Post #A5GTaEy4wb3nbobXI8 by popolon@pleroma.popolon.org
       2021-03-16T09:59:47.185497Z
       
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       @ffeth @dlek 99 in European languages, French isn't the Worst (nor the only one to use this) ^^.
       
 (DIR) Post #A5GhEyWyGElluHgAaW by nergal@linuxrocks.online
       2021-03-16T13:04:25Z
       
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       @dlek brandishing an oakwood baseball bat