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minus-squarecaptainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoI don’t want to hear shit about what order we write numbers in from a continent where numbers include one hundred nine and thirty to mean 139, or three twenties ten and nine for 79
minus-squarecallyral [he/they]@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 year agoSeventeen is 7+10 (seven+teen) but twenty one is 20+1 (twenty+one) If English was more consistent, seventeen would be ten seven.
minus-squareBlack616Angel@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoIf it was really consistent, it would be something like onety seven but not really either, since it’s also not twoty seven. PS: Eleven would be onety one.
I don’t want to hear shit about what order we write numbers in from a continent where numbers include one hundred nine and thirty to mean 139, or three twenties ten and nine for 79
Seventeen is 7+10 (seven+teen) but twenty one is 20+1 (twenty+one)
If English was more consistent, seventeen would be ten seven.
If it was really consistent, it would be something like onety seven but not really either, since it’s also not twoty seven.
PS: Eleven would be onety one.