So you may think that Spanish is difficult, but look at this.
Seventy in Spanish is sesenta. Not that different.
In Danish it is
Halfjerdsindstyve.
Let me break this down.......halfjerd/sinds/tyve.
Halfjerd is hal = half.....fjerd = four...= 31/2
sinds..= times
tyve..=twenty
So there you have it...3 1/2 times twenty......voila...70.
Simple no ? Of course not. It is so outdated and quaint and still used. And it was used by people like Tycho Brahe ( real name Tyge Ottesen Brahe ) 1546 -1607, the foremost astronomer of his day.
And by H.C. Oersted 1777-1851, a physicist and chemist who discovered electro magnetism and produced aluminum.
And by Niels Bohr 1885-1962, physicist who won the Nobel prize for atomic structure.
So if this was good enough for them, who am I to complain.
Besides, I still have a few years to go before I turn seventy, so I will worry about spelling it then.
2 comments:
In the year 2007 you can use the word "halvfjerds". It doesn´t make more sense but its more simple:-)
Keep up the good work.
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