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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

French here. If you learn in Belgium or Switzerland, they have "septante" and "nonante" for 70 and 90.

It's for sure more intuitive, but you have to admit that saying "four-twenty-twelve" (non-french speakers: that's literal translation for 92) is sooooo cool!