• kungen@feddit.nu
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    5
    ·
    3 days ago

    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.