Re: [Arm-netbook] possessive "it's"

On 2016-09-10 at 15:15, Stefan Monnier wrote :

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in french, the number "98" is *five syllables* with a massive amount

Sorry, but I only count 3 (or 4 if you pronounce the "e") syllables in "nonante-huit".

    Stefan "speaking French from another country than France"

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Sorry Stefan, but I strongly doubt that "nonante" for 90 and "septante" for 70 are widely used in Francophonie. The most widely used term should take precedence over regionalisms.

https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/nonante

Normand "from Québec, Canada where "nonante" is *never, ever* used."