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[Map] 99 in different languages (dormi.zone)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (3 children)

So, are we (Czechia) the only ones who use more than one way?

90+9 (ninety-nine literally) is the formal way to do it, while 9+90 (nine-and-ninety literally) is the informal way. You can easily hear both of the ways used in one sentence.

[–] Nikko882 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Norway as well. 90+9 is the official way, 9+90 is the way from when the Germans occupied the country. Both are still used. The map also says Georgia and Finland also use two variations.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The Finnish colloquial variation on the map – ysiysi – is "nine nine"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I thought ni og nitti was just favoured by people who use nynorsk.

[–] Nikko882 1 points 3 months ago

It's favored by people over 60 and those who have parents that use it constantly, basically.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

9 and 90 appears in English but reads extremely archaic, you'd basically never run into it in modern speech.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Niti og ni, 9*10+9 was used in Danish on cheques.
I doubt those exist anymore, though.