• grrgyle@slrpnk.net
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    9 days ago

    I like the sense of suspense. Leave l leaves sometimes critical information to the last second!

    • ladicius@lemmy.world
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      The concept really is bullshit, and that’s coming from a German. For certain kinds of triple digit numbers people sometimes resort to saying the single digits in a row (“drei fünf neun” instead of dreiundertneunundfünfzig). Less misunderstandings, and faster.

      • SeekPie@lemm.ee
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        9 days ago

        dreiundertneunundfünfzig

        And you’re trying to tell me that the german language is real?

        • mryessir@lemmy.sdf.org
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          Look at this:

          Dziewięćdziesiąt dziewięć

          Listen to it in polish via web. I’m serious, listen to it.

          • lad@programming.dev
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            Dziewięćdziesiąt dziewięć

            Ḽ̵̩̠̣̤̋ő̷͙̩̟͎́͒͂̃ͅŏ̵͙̣̬ḱ̸̳̝̪̭̯s̶͔͂͗̀̕ ̴͉̊̈́̑̇f̴̝͖̖̳͆̅i̶̼͖̪̤̓͂̓̈́ń̶̩̎ͅe̸̗̥̣͛̈̍ ̴̙̈́̈ͅt̷̨̠̞̗͍̅̑̏̉o̴̻̝͍̿̏͑͆ ̶̱́̓̒̓͛ṃ̴̧̤͋̓̏̒̊é̵͎

    • Codex@lemmy.world
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      I’ve been learning German and I call it the surprise ending language because everything is like that. In complex phrases, you often leave the primary verb until the very last word. So you might get something like:

      I’d like to, with your daughter and a duck, this coming weekend, at the park, if it’s not raining, with our bicycles, go for a ride.