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I think the German solution works better for the German language. 'neunzigundzwei' sounds worse than 'zweiundneunzig' or at least less flowy. But I'm obv biased by being German lol and this is just one example.
I think that's just because you're used to it.
I am German too and it would feel weird, but our way of saying it is really weird, when considered.
Especially if you add a hundred.
137
One-hundred seven and thirty
It's just uselessly jumping around.
You know, I was willing to defend you Germans here assuming you just said the numbers right to left, but no. Now I'm not going to.
Almost 30 and I still have issues pronouncing certain 2 digit numbers. Like 67. I sometimes need to think for a sec to pronounce it correctly. Spoke German all my life. The other way around would be much simpler for me but I also feel it's weird.
That aside: wtf is going on with the Danes?
Edit: Just reread my own comment with my own example I came up with 10 seconds ago and struggle to pronounce it correctly in my mind.
Yeah, I think we’re just biased. If it would have been always the other way around, we probably would think it’s the flowy way to say it xD
Yeah probably :D
I'm Norwegian and grew up in one of the yellow belts. I use the two ways of saying numbers interchangably. There are only small parts of Norway people might get mildly confused if I said two and ninety instead of ninetytwo.
If German was to start counting the other way wouldn't it be neunzigzwei and not neunzigundzwei?
Why not 'neunzigzwei'? Just omit the 'und'.
After all it's 'ninety-two' in English.