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> English has its quirky unique words for 11 and 12 (instead of one-ten and two-ten) Of course, consistency with other number names above 20 would lead to "ten
by JadeNB 8y ago
> English has its quirky unique words for 11 and 12 (instead of one-ten and two-ten)
Of course, consistency with other number names above 20 would lead to "ten-one" and "ten-two", not "one-ten" and "two-ten"; or consistency with other number names below 20 would lead to "oneteen" and "twoteen", or some variant (as with "thirteen" in place of "threeteen").