Well, you know that in ye old English, the numbers were given like in German : twenty-two was said two and twenty (I have to find references but as far as I remember, it’s like that).
As for the time, yep, it is really confusing: my wife got the German habit, and so sometimes I have to wonder whether she is speaking about 10:30 or 9:30!
Moreover, in German, people are very patient sometimes : they have to wait the end of a long long long proposition to get the verb!
Well, you know that in ye old English, the numbers were given like in German : twenty-two was said two and twenty (I have to find references but as far as I remember, it’s like that).
As for the time, yep, it is really confusing: my wife got the German habit, and so sometimes I have to wonder whether she is speaking about 10:30 or 9:30!
Moreover, in German, people are very patient sometimes : they have to wait the end of a long long long proposition to get the verb!
In a way, Germans are thus forced to listen to each other… or at least let the other finish before answering ^^