On a similar note: In German, "seven hundred fifty three" would be said as "seven hundred three and fifty".

At least it's consistent - starting at "thirteen" , which is "three ten", up to ninety nine, which is "nine and ninety", the multiples of ten come last.

It is pretty annoying, though, when a number like 123'456'789 is spoken as 132-465-798, though.

Apparently, it's because in old Germanic, the numbers were spoken "backwards" (one hundred twenty three being spoken as "three and twenty and hundred"), and we only partially reversed that.