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		acomjean on Nov 22, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Counting in the wrong language The number pairing trick is use to not flip numbers. But I can see how it would be annoying in german. As weird as the german digit flip is, French I understand is worse with the number names, actually involving math.

raverbashing on Nov 22, 2019 [–]

French is annoying but it is "in the right order" (and the Swiss did away with that foolishness ;) )

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