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Impressive that Norway has bands of different ways to say 92!
Afaik, they've changed the official system from the "German" to the "Swedish" order after WW2, but it is still used by many in spoken language.
Old people tend to say 2+90 while young people say 90+2. I heard that this new way of saying it was due to the introduction of the telephone, where people needed a more linear way of saying the numbers to reduce confusion. But I don't have a source.
I guess the telephone just didn't arrive properly in German speaking countries, at least we will soon get rid of most fax machines, hopefully that is...
I'm 40. Not old damnit