Gollum@feddit.de to Europe@feddit.deEnglish · 1 year agoHow to say the number 92i.imgur.comimagemessage-square195fedilinkarrow-up1771arrow-down117
arrow-up1754arrow-down1imageHow to say the number 92i.imgur.comGollum@feddit.de to Europe@feddit.deEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square195fedilink
minus-squarePixxlMan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoIn Swedish the numbers from 13-19 work similarly. We just add “ton” instead of teen. Teenagers called tonåringar (ton-agers).
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoTIL a little about Swedish. I wonder if Swedish and English number words share a history, because I can imagine it started as “three ten” which gets crunched to “thr-t’n” and then properified into “thirteen.”
In Swedish the numbers from 13-19 work similarly. We just add “ton” instead of teen. Teenagers called tonåringar (ton-agers).
TIL a little about Swedish.
I wonder if Swedish and English number words share a history, because I can imagine it started as “three ten” which gets crunched to “thr-t’n” and then properified into “thirteen.”