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  1. Coltzerino Coltzerino

    @northernnarwhal http://rainbowdash.net/url/821905

    Monday, 20-Apr-15 20:51:11 UTC from web
    1. Narwhal Narwhal

      @coltz Yeah French has a funny way of counting. Funny thing actually given today's date: If you want to say 80 in French you say quatre-vingt, which broken apart is "quatre" (which means 4) and "vingt" (which means 20) since 4x20=80. So if you were to literally translate the number 80 from French, you'd be saying "four twenty".

      Monday, 20-Apr-15 21:00:42 UTC from web
      1. Coltzerino Coltzerino

        @northernnarwhal incendie-le

        Monday, 20-Apr-15 21:03:22 UTC from web
        1. Narwhal Narwhal

          @coltz flamber ce?

          Monday, 20-Apr-15 21:07:13 UTC from web
        2. Narwhal Narwhal

          @coltz You just said "fire the" (fire as in the noun fire). There isn't an exact translation for "blaze it" but "flamber ce" means "burn it" which is close enough.

          Monday, 20-Apr-15 21:09:30 UTC from web
          1. Coltzerino Coltzerino

            @northernnarwhal blame Google Translate

            Monday, 20-Apr-15 21:12:31 UTC from web
            1. Narwhal Narwhal

              @coltz obtenir naufragé

              Monday, 20-Apr-15 21:14:26 UTC from web
              1. Coltzerino Coltzerino

                @northernnarwhal now you're just taunting me

                Monday, 20-Apr-15 21:15:58 UTC from web
              2. Coltzerino Coltzerino

                @northernnarwhal Oh, got it. You ARE taunting you Canuck banana

                Monday, 20-Apr-15 21:16:49 UTC from web
                1. Narwhal Narwhal

                  @coltz YOUR MOTHER WAS A HAMSTER, AND YOUR FATHER SMELLED OF ELDERBERRIES

                  Monday, 20-Apr-15 21:17:43 UTC from web
                  1. Coltzerino Coltzerino

                    @northernnarwhal SHUT UP YOU DICKWAFFLE

                    Monday, 20-Apr-15 21:18:29 UTC from web
                    1. Narwhal Narwhal

                      @coltz YOU DO NOT FRIGHTEN ME, MEMER PIG DOG. GO AND BOIL YOUR BOTTOMS, YOU SON OF A SILLY PERSON. I BLOW MY NOSE AT YOU, SO CALLED "MEME KING", YOU AND ALL YOUR SILLY MEMEING K-NIG-HTS!

                      Monday, 20-Apr-15 21:23:23 UTC from web
      2. awlxaĺan awlxaĺan

        @northernnarwhal oh Abkhaz counts like that too. Xpa-zweyza. Xpa being four and zhweyza twenty.

        Monday, 20-Apr-15 21:30:49 UTC from web
        1. Narwhal Narwhal

          @awolditzy Do you have a distinct word for 90? In French it's "quatre-vingt-dix", with quatre being 4, vingt being 20, and dix being 10 (4x20+10=90). I know also for 70 we say "soixante-dix", where soixante is 60 (60+10=70).

          Monday, 20-Apr-15 21:33:43 UTC from web
          1. awlxaĺan awlxaĺan

            @northernnarwhal i believe it's zhzhuyaba which is like saying nine (zhwba) and ten (zhwaba), but could be wrong.

            Monday, 20-Apr-15 21:41:17 UTC from web
            1. Narwhal Narwhal

              @awolditzy That makes sense. Admittedly the French system is a little obtuse, especially when viewed from the frame of reference of a foreigner, though once you get it it's pretty east to pick up.

              Monday, 20-Apr-15 21:43:21 UTC from web
              1. awlxaĺan awlxaĺan

                @northernnarwhal i'd probably have understood it better when I only knew to count the Abkhaz way, lo

                Monday, 20-Apr-15 21:44:29 UTC from web
                1. Narwhal Narwhal

                  @awolditzy I remember I had to learn how to count in Japanese back when I took karate, and it's actually really simple. 90 would be kyū-jū (where kyū means 9 and jū means 10, so 9x10=90). Actually for any multiple of 10 you just say [number]-jū.

                  Monday, 20-Apr-15 21:45:58 UTC from web
                  1. awlxaĺan awlxaĺan

                    @northernnarwhal kind of like how russian is to an extent, devyatdesyat would be ninety, from devyat (9) and desyat (10).

                    Monday, 20-Apr-15 21:48:15 UTC from web
                    1. Narwhal Narwhal

                      @awolditzy I don't think I know how to count in any other languages, except Spanish, which my friend showed me once. If I recall correctly, there are distinct words for every multiple of ten where you use a prefix based on the root number and add a "ta" suffix, but I'm not 100% on all that.

                      Monday, 20-Apr-15 21:54:47 UTC from web
                      1. awlxaĺan awlxaĺan

                        @northernnarwhal kind of like Italian's "settanta"? I can't easily recall counting in Itslian past forty to be honest.

                        Monday, 20-Apr-15 21:58:02 UTC from web
                        1. Narwhal Narwhal

                          @awolditzy I think so, I'd have to refresh my Italian though so I'm not entirely sure.

                          Monday, 20-Apr-15 22:15:24 UTC from MuSTArDroid
    2. Coltzerino Coltzerino

      @darkw00d Not innitially but I guess it is now

      Monday, 20-Apr-15 21:22:17 UTC from web