OT 'it's sick, it's twisted it has to go on UKRM'

What, 40 ?

But even the krauts aren't consistent

hochdeutsch - viertel vier = quarter to four

in franconian = three fifteen

 

Old Norse. Influence from the Viking era predating the Normans.

They still count this way in large parts of Norway.

 

Fascinating. What do they do in the small parts?

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They don't count.

 

Good point, but it *looks* similar!

French counting is bizarre, base 60 or some such.

 

I think Brighton might have been though. It's a bit closer to t' channel
anyroad.


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Usually get pissed completely out of their heads, but that's for another
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There you go making the mistake again. The assumption is, because we
always do it this way, that the bit of English we are talking about is
yet another example of the adoption of a foreign aspect of some sort.
Of course it never fucking occurs to you fools that this adoption thing
is a two way process and English gives out as well as takes in. In this
case it is giving out.

 

Sucking his keyboard for inspiration, Tosspot typed:

Nah, base 20. It's a Celtic thing - Welsh is similar. The French have
partly rationalised it to base 10 (trente, quarante etc), but still keep 70
= sixty-ten, 80 = four-twenties and 90 four-twenties-and-ten. Blame the
Gauls.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigesimal

 

Pish and posh. We never gave the French anyfing.


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Calais, Le Weekend and a sound thrashing every time we met them.

 

Somefing for "la weekend"?

 

Pah - even the Argentineans do that now

 

people are a lot lazier now. think of the "hot new offer from dfs, only
three nine nine." can't be bothered to say "three hundred and ninety-nine"
(or "three hundred nine and ninety")

- look, that was 4 whole syllables we didn't have to articulate!
- well *done*.

 

That one bugs me all the time - especially when done by some chav who
can't even pronouce it properly, so it comes out as "free nine nine".

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My mum does too. It's a Celtic fringe thing (her Dad was Welsh and he
did it - she was brought up partly in Wales and partly in Dorset).

Phil

 

Given that my mother does it and the first time she went to the
sourth-east was when they moved to Kent 5 years ago I doubt it..

I think it's probably just a 'rural English' thing.

Phil

 

More than just a Celtic fringe thing, unless you class Kent and Sussex
as Celtic fringe.

 

Heard someone in Harlow use 'four and twenty' on Saturday.


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Virgins are a special case.

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