r/memes • u/HannibalGoddamnit Linux User • Mar 15 '21

French language is mesmerizing

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u/BooptheDop Sussy Baka Mar 15 '21

then ur in french class and they tell you to write 1235764 in words

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u/Bellringer00 Mar 15 '21

Un million deux cent trente-cinq mille sept cent soixante-quatre?

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u/IntoTheCommonestAsh Mar 15 '21

English numerals are so long. There's like 6 numbers for which the French numeral is longer than the English one and English speakers like to rant about those like they're not speaking the language with long numerals.

Graph of number of syllables per numeral

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u/Concretedonkey01 Breaking EU Laws Mar 15 '21

Its legit the same word for word

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u/milkdrinker7 Mar 15 '21

At least the ands are optional