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To: dfwgator

Possible. I haven’t looked into it too deeply. Some parts of Switzerland use “huitante” for 80, FWICS; other French-speaking areas apparently use “octante”. I’m just recalling what I learned in school.

They have “Arrêt” on their stop signs in Québec as well, even though they say “Stop” in France.


16 posted on 01/12/2018 5:54:42 PM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai
They have “Arrêt” on their stop signs in Québec as well, even though they say “Stop” in France.

Which is weird considering how the French are so concerned with English words creeping into their language.

17 posted on 01/12/2018 5:57:41 PM PST by dfwgator
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