I bow to Iwert's local knowledge but he seems to be out to lunch
(literally not figuratively) so I'll take the opportunity to jump in
and say that here in Belgium we have septante and nonante but we still
use quatre-vingt
There are doubtless some other differences...
Cordialement,
Jez
On 1/17/06, Piers Hemy <piers@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> To my recollection, Walloon French differs from "Metropolitan" French in the
> terms for seventy, eighty, ninety. In that, it may follow the example of
> Quebec and Switzerland (I don't know for sure, but there are others here who
> certainly do).
>
> Septante, octante and nonante have an elegant simplicity which is not
> mirrored by Belgian politics, it seems!
>
> --
> Piers
>
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