Gollum to Europe@feddit.deEnglish • 2 years agoHow to say the number 92i.imgur.comimagemessage-square201fedilinkarrow-up1788arrow-down116
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minus-square@abecede@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoMaybe the Danish don’t just count with their fingers to 10, but include their toes… So 10 fingers + 10 toes = 20?
minus-square@vidarh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year ago"Four score and seven years ago" from the Gettysburg Address… Many languages have or had words for counting in 20’s. They’ve just mostly gone out of fashion.
Thanks. Do you know the history of that?
Maybe the Danish don’t just count with their fingers to 10, but include their toes… So 10 fingers + 10 toes = 20?
"Four score and seven years ago" from the Gettysburg Address… Many languages have or had words for counting in 20’s. They’ve just mostly gone out of fashion.