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Re: language and spatio-temporal orientation
From: Marcel Tschudin
Date: 2010 Jul 26, 22:18 +0300
From: Marcel Tschudin
Date: 2010 Jul 26, 22:18 +0300
Regarding, > French speakers (Antoine?) can perhaps comment on the names between 80-99, > and confirm/deny that in some versions of French (Quebec, Louisiana?) the > "textbook" pattern of 99=4x20+19 is replaced with the more "usual" > ninety-nine. It's not only the names between 80 and 90 but also those between 70 and 79 in France 79 would be 60+19 in Switzerland and possibly also some other French speaking parts (Belgium?) it would correspond to 79. In proper French their are no names for 70, 80 and 90. In some French speaking parts they have at least names for 70 and 90. Marcel
