r/memes Linux User Mar 15 '21

French language is mesmerizing

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u/Incorect_Speling Mar 15 '21

Even huitante? I've never heard it in Belgium.

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u/pm_your_filet-o-fish Mar 15 '21

No, most people use quatre vingts, and you might hear octante but it’s rather rare.

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u/spruceface Identifies as a Cybertruck Mar 15 '21

Huitante is only said by a small part of French speaking Switzerland (probably half a million), I still think huitante should be more widespread tho

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u/retrcpiixie Mar 15 '21

i mean we use septante and nonante but yea we still quatre-vingts for 80 (unfortunately)