laurenceOfSuburbia@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 3 days ago70=sixty-ten / 80=four-twenties / 90= four-twenty-tenlemmy.worldimagemessage-square156linkfedilinkarrow-up1336arrow-down113
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minus-squaredaddycool@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days ago90 = Half fives. 50 = Half sixty. 70 = Half (I don’t even know how to translate this)
minus-squarekungen@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 days agoHuh? 50 is halvtreds (20 * 2.5) 70 is actually halvfjerdensindstyve, literally “half to the four(th20) times 20”. So the base number (20) * 3.5… The problem is, Danish people can’t understand each other even with the simplest of words, so they just say halvfjerds.
minus-squareScrollone@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days ago70 = halfway to the fourth twenty In other words, three twenties are 60, four twenties are 80, halfway between them is 70. Same for the other ones: 50 is halfway to the third twenty, 90 is half more than the fourth twenty.
90 = Half fives.
50 = Half sixty.
70 = Half (I don’t even know how to translate this)
Huh? 50 is halvtreds (20 * 2.5)
70 is actually halvfjerdensindstyve, literally “half to the four(th20) times 20”. So the base number (20) * 3.5…
The problem is, Danish people can’t understand each other even with the simplest of words, so they just say halvfjerds.
70 = halfway to the fourth twenty
In other words, three twenties are 60, four twenties are 80, halfway between them is 70.
Same for the other ones: 50 is halfway to the third twenty, 90 is half more than the fourth twenty.