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Just started learning French only to find out you need a Bachelor’s in math just to count past 70.
In Swiss French we say « septante » (70) « huitante » (80) and « nonante » (90) which is better than counting by 20
Swiss French doesn't count as French (like Schwiizerdütsch isch nöd Dütsch)
Es zellt als Russisch.. 🙃
So does Walloon French.
A couple of articles are telling me that Belgian French speakers use sepante and nonante, but not huitante? Is that the case?
I think so, never used huitante before, but then I'm Flemish, not Walloon.
English used to do this too. The most famous example is the first line of Lincoln’s Gettysburg address: