The Finnish language is about as bonkers as the people.
But the counting system (if a bit heavy on syllables) seems to make sense... unlike the French, who get from 1 to 69 pretty sensibly then start losing the plot with 70 soixante-dix (sixty-ten) and 71 (sixty-eleven). Then just when you think sanity might return when you get to 80, you discover 80 is 'four-tewnties'. That gets even more bizarre when you get to 90 (four twenties-ten) and finishing with 99 (four-twenties-nineteen). Fortunately much of northern France and he younger generation are now using the more sane 'septante' 'octante' and 'nonante'.
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notoolsovernight you're all luvvly an' 'orrible, Thu 12 Jul 2012, 10:05,
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