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[โ€“] Takapapatapaka@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 36 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

๐Ÿค“ Technically there are septante, octante/huitante, nonante, but it's either considered local to some region (belgium, switzerland, etc) or old-school

[โ€“] aldhissla@piefed.world 9 points 3 days ago

Septante, huitante, nonante

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[โ€“] plyth@feddit.org 24 points 4 days ago

or old-school

That's the crazy part.

[โ€“] LegoBrickOnFire@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

What the fuck is wrong with people believing "octante" is used anywhere??? This is so prevailing. As far as I know no-one on earth uses "octante". We say "huitante" And the belgians were undecisive and still use "quatre-vingt"

[โ€“] Takapapatapaka@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It seems to be the old-school version for france. I'll edit the comment !

[โ€“] LegoBrickOnFire@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Re-reading my comment, I seen that it seems a bit mean, sorry. I just cannot believe how widespread this misconception is.

No worry, its understandable. Im not using those terms regularly so you were in the right position for pointing out this one does not exist anymore.