Gollum@feddit.de to Europe@feddit.deEnglish · 1 year agoHow to say the number 92i.imgur.comexternal-linkmessage-square200fedilinkarrow-up1787arrow-down117 cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1770arrow-down1external-linkHow to say the number 92i.imgur.comGollum@feddit.de to Europe@feddit.deEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square200fedilink cross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareStThicket@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoOld people tend to say 2+90 while young people say 90+2. I heard that this new way of saying it was due to the introduction of the telephone, where people needed a more linear way of saying the numbers to reduce confusion. But I don’t have a source.
minus-squareGamey@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoI guess the telephone just didn’t arrive properly in German speaking countries, at least we will soon get rid of most fax machines, hopefully that is…
minus-squarealterforlett @lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·1 year agoI’m 40. Not old damnit
Old people tend to say 2+90 while young people say 90+2. I heard that this new way of saying it was due to the introduction of the telephone, where people needed a more linear way of saying the numbers to reduce confusion. But I don’t have a source.
I guess the telephone just didn’t arrive properly in German speaking countries, at least we will soon get rid of most fax machines, hopefully that is…
I’m 40. Not old damnit