2006-09-11 07:56:34 · 16 answers · asked by ALAN B 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
It often is, by infants;-)
2006-09-11 08:00:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
For the same reason 12 isn't pronounced onety two... After a while, they became tired of thinking of completely new words for numbers, so they had to resort to a system.
2006-09-11 08:02:53 · answer #2 · answered by EvilFairies 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
for the same reason 12 isn't pronounced onety two
2006-09-11 08:08:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would imagine it is because until fairly recently most people only needed to be able to count to twelve. This was sufficient for normal life. Higher numbers were often expressed as the sum of two smaller ones, such as five and twenty (blackbirds?).
The Old English words for eleven and twelve meant, respectively, one left and two left, meaning left after taking the ten out.
2006-09-11 08:15:37 · answer #4 · answered by tringyokel 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
the word eleven comes from the Old English "endleofan" meaning "one left" ie' one left over ten, before that from the Proto Germanic "ain-lif" a compound of the word "one" and "to leave behind".
2006-09-11 08:09:37 · answer #5 · answered by LOLLY 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Could you imagine the poor teenagers going 'round calling each other onety's
Lmao
2006-09-11 08:04:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
for the same reason twenty two isnt pronounce tootoo cos then you would think it was car goin past and you would wave at it
2006-09-11 08:32:47 · answer #7 · answered by species8472 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the same reason 12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19, arent pronounced onetytwo,onetythree,onetyfour, etc.etc. they sound stupid,, and try saying them when your drunk.even worse ...good question though.
2006-09-11 08:19:52 · answer #8 · answered by Sunseaandair 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
So that people like you will something daft to ask on here.... (only joking)
2006-09-13 11:50:00 · answer #9 · answered by Kev P 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ha Ha Ha, the best question ever. Who knows??????
2006-09-11 13:49:32 · answer #10 · answered by camper669 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because it's pronounced eleven.........Wait.....EE Le Ven
2006-09-12 12:00:36 · answer #11 · answered by hehehehe 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋