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Math or Magic? Decoding the Danish Number System

Among Germanic languages, Danish stands alone with a counting system that seems more like a math riddle than a vocabulary…

6 days ago

France’s Base-20 Math Problem

Why do the French say 'four-twenties' for 80? This linguistic quirk is a fascinating relic from a base-20 counting system…

6 months ago

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