• abecede@feddit.de
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      1 year ago

      Maybe the Danish don’t just count with their fingers to 10, but include their toes… So 10 fingers + 10 toes = 20?

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        1 year ago

        "Four score and seven years ago"‍ from the Gettysburg Address… Many languages have or had words for counting in 20's. They've just mostly gone out of fashion.