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So to say 102 in French, you'd say four-times-twenty-plus-twenty-two.
I don't believe you.
EDIT: What in the actual fuck. You were right. π³
No. 102 in French is "cent deux".
102 is "hundred-two" so it's only weird for 70 "sixty-ten", 80 "four-twenty" and 90 "four-twenty-ten"...
But the way I learned it each was like it's own word, even if it's not. Just don't think about it too much!
Why don't they have separate words for seventy, eighty and ninety?
They do, but theyβre only used in some regions. Septante, huitante, nonante.
Why are they only used in some regions? Is it like a French redneck thing or a French poncy thing or...?
I honestly donβt know the history. I just know that Belgian French uses septante and nonante, Swiss French uses huitante as well. I think itβs more comparable to the vocabulary differences between for example American and British English.