Problems with French Numbers - Numberphile
French numbers can pose problems for non-native speaker - especially when you move beyond 70. Also discussing problems with phone numbers and commas! More links & stuff in full description...
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PAUL SMITH: And then when they get to 70, that's where thebig problems start, because the French haven't invented aword for 70.BRADY HARAN: I always assume the one thing that is kind ofinternational is numbers, mathematics.That's the one thing that is the same everywhere.You're about to ruin this, aren't you?PAUL SMITH: Yes, I am.One thing that you learn when you're studying a foreignlanguage is that counting systems are very different.And, in fact, it's one of the ways that you can tell ifsomebody's a really good speaker of a foreign language.You can really tell what their real mother tongue is whenthey start counting, because even if somebody operates, youknow, an English person living in France, when they...
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PAUL SMITH: And then when they get to 70, that's where thebig problems start, because the French haven't invented aword for 70.BRADY HARAN: I always assume the one thing that is kind ofinternational is numbers, mathematics.That's the one thing that is the same everywhere.You're about to ruin this, aren't you?PAUL SMITH: Yes, I am.One thing that you learn when you're studying a foreignlanguage is that counting systems are very different.And, in fact, it's one of the ways that you can tell ifsomebody's a really good speaker of a foreign language.You can really tell what their real mother tongue is whenthey start counting, because even if somebody operates, youknow, an English person living in France, when they...
