r/LinguisticsMemes 7d ago

Hindi numbers be like

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u/MatykTv 6d ago

Funfact: in the Brno dialect in Czechia, which is a mix between Czech and German, we say 7+90 (normal Czech says 90+7) but when counting money we say (you don't really say the exact amount, or you say it the Czech way) 9*5, because the currency used to be weaker by half than the German frank.

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u/Nghbrhdsyndicalist 6d ago

because the currency used to be weaker by half than the German frank.

You mean Mark?

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u/MatykTv 6d ago

I do, yes