• StThicket@reddthat.com
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    2 天前

    Norway used to count like the Germans, but switched after the introduction of the telephone. There were simply too many mistakes when telling the numbers to the operators, that a change was mandated.

    Old people might still use the 2+90 variant though, but it is not very common.

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      20 小时前

      to everyone who reads this dudes comment and starts imagining 75 year old grandmas saying it: i’m 30 and say 2+90, and it’s still very much a thing.