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tadfisheryesterday at 7:40 PM1 replyview on HN

It's been at least eight score since vigesimal usage was common in English.

It's still used for numbers between 70-99 in French, which is maddening when trying to copy down a phone number as a non-native speaker.


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dunhamtoday at 2:01 AM

Yeah, I think Swiss French had more? (It's been about four decades since I took French, and high school classes are not very effective.)

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