• Pasta Dental
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      1 year ago

      idk i was tired and i tought it was the funniest thing

    • thedarkfly@feddit.nl
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      1 year ago

      I’d actually be down for huitante, in order to keep the latin root like other numbers instead of the greek one

    • moitoi@feddit.de
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      1 year ago

      People are actually using huitante and not octante.

      Regions use septante, huitante and neunante outside France and especially in Switzerland.

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      1 year ago

      Neunante always struck me as a bit weird (although much better than the math thingy).

      Neuvante would seem a more reasonable derivation from neuf.

      Would also make it closer to other latin languages like Italian and Spanish.

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      1 year ago

      Ask the guys in Modern times who decided that fick it we will go for the nonsensical method.