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German numbers are weird because we kinda switch the last two digits.
43 in most languages becomes '40 - 3', but in german you say '3 & 40'.
But we do not pronounce the whole number backwards.
143 in most languages becomes '100 - 40 - 3', in german you say '100 - 3 & 40'.
I like the sense of suspense. Leave l leaves sometimes critical information to the last second!
Just like dates in English!
*American
*English (Simplified)
wut? that's language. Date order is American. There's no such thing as English complex or simple or whatever for date orders. But there is British, if that helps you at all.
On things which have both British English and American English denoted by flag and name American English is often put as "English(simplified)" and British English as just "English".
The order of dates has direct interplay with language syntax. January first, 1970 vs the first of January, 1970. It's characteristic of the dialect of English and its spoken syntax, not just how dates are written.
If that's the case, the German should write 143 as 134, since they pronounce it that way, yeah? /s
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