Explanation: Germans acquired a curious reputation in the 19th and 20th century AD for wanting things precise, orderly, and done to an exacting standard. While this reputation does not date back to the 16th century AD, when religious reformer Martin Luther wrote his 95 Theses criticizing a number of practices of the Catholic Church as not in-line with the Bible they were supposed to following, it does make it a little funny in retrospect.
Luther’s influence is immense. He was one of the first to make laborious use of Gutenberg’s printing press to mass produce his German translation of the bible. That practically standardised how German should be written and spoken.
Because of him we say our numbers weird, eg instead of twenty three we say three and twenty. Confusing foreigners learning the language and children learning math to this day.
Explanation: Germans acquired a curious reputation in the 19th and 20th century AD for wanting things precise, orderly, and done to an exacting standard. While this reputation does not date back to the 16th century AD, when religious reformer Martin Luther wrote his 95 Theses criticizing a number of practices of the Catholic Church as not in-line with the Bible they were supposed to following, it does make it a little funny in retrospect.
Plus Luther’s theses led to the splitting of Christianity into Catholic and Protestant.
Luther’s influence is immense. He was one of the first to make laborious use of Gutenberg’s printing press to mass produce his German translation of the bible. That practically standardised how German should be written and spoken.
Because of him we say our numbers weird, eg instead of twenty three we say three and twenty. Confusing foreigners learning the language and children learning math to this day.
Three and twenty was common English as well for a long time.