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Counting in Danish is really complicated. From 0 up …

Comment posted on Oneteen, twoteen by Bob

Counting in Danish is really complicated.
From 0 up till 20 it’s quite similar to English, but from there upwards it gets … er … creative.
Oneandtwenty, twoandtwenty, etc and similarly up till 49 then:-
50=halfatwentyshortofthreetimestwenty
51=oneandhalfatwentyshortofthreetimestwenty
etc.
60=threetimestwenty
70=halfatwentyshortoffourtimestwenty
80=fourtimestwenty
90=halfatwentyshortoffivetimestwenty
100=fivetimestwenty

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