2006-07-04 02:24:02 · 12 answers · asked by misterclay 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
? Good question... Maybe 'cuz it sounds stupid or people just liked the other numbers better.... It's something we'll never know.
2006-07-04 02:27:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the number 12, is not pronounced one-ty two.
Because the number 13, is not pronounced one-ty three.
Because the number 14 is not pronounced one-ty four... and so on.
Joking aside, it is pronounced eleven because the meaning is really ONE OVER TEN.
You can verify this by looking up the etmology of the word "eleven"
2006-07-04 09:43:30 · answer #2 · answered by iiiis 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the number 11 and 12 should be pronounced one-teen and two-teen!!!
2006-07-04 10:54:09 · answer #3 · answered by HardCore 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
same reason 12 isnt pronounced onety two its a bit cumbersome & sounds a bit silly
2006-07-04 09:36:49 · answer #4 · answered by corinna g 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why didn't the blonde dial 11? She didn't see the 'elev' number on the phone!
http://www.total-knowledge.com/~willyblues/
2006-07-04 09:28:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
beacuse it only repeats the word part after thirteen. Like it goes thirtenn fourteen and fifteen. And we both know you got that from ebaumsworld.com
2006-07-04 10:52:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ok now who started pronouncing it as eleven.lets catch him first ..
2006-07-04 09:36:30 · answer #7 · answered by fizzy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Isn't it pronounced eleventy?
2006-07-04 09:28:45 · answer #8 · answered by Bog woppit. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it's pronounced "eleven."
2006-07-10 13:47:43 · answer #9 · answered by pizzagirl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is pronounced like that, isn't it??
2006-07-04 09:50:06 · answer #10 · answered by missesc0bar 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋