I'm 12 & why is 12 pronounced 'twelve' instead of 'twoteen'. Fair question, actually.https://twitter.com/kph3k/status/1244742351865733121 …
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Terrible question It would be seconteen, not twoteen Its thirteen, not threeteen
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Too high for this guys
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It's actually got to be firsty six if you're going for maximum consistency. The prefixes for most other 2 digit numbers go third-y fort(h)-y fift(h)- y sixt(h)-y and the you just say the units digit. We say twenty instead of secondy though, which I'm cool with. 11 and 12 suck
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This is really messed up. I first thought we could rename ten to tenty and then keep the convention of adding the single digit -> tentysix. But that’s sounds too close to twenty six. So ten maybe should be teen -> teentysix? Still no good. We need a new designation for ten!
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I think fixing all the misspellings and exceptions built into the English language should be a higher priority than numbers. But that's just me.
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You cut off the last consonant/digraph Third -> thir-> thirteen Sixth -> six -> sixteen Second -> secon -> seconteen
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Notice its eighteen not eightteen
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