Onety one

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realgirl · 11 years ago · FIRST

I will here on pronounce 11 as onety-one

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cbc · 11 years ago

But if it's onety-one... Then 22 should be pronounced as two-ty-two

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strikegoat · 11 years ago

If we follow this logic than 11 should be pronounced tenty-one.

gummibear7688 · 11 years ago

Its called twenty because its two-tenty

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zombiestitcher · 11 years ago

It's called eleven because it comes from the Old English "endleofan" which meant "one left' after ten.

nerdyheart · 11 years ago

I'm obsessed with etymology, and you just made my day happy.

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insertusername · 11 years ago

Or one-teen?

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15jbaughman · 11 years ago

I like Bilbo's way of saying 111. Eleventy one.

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