2006-10-23 13:28:51 · 14 answers · asked by ? 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
i think it should be pronounced eleven-teen :) who knows why its not pronounced either of these ways, very good question.
2006-10-23 13:33:53 · answer #1 · answered by bobbie21brady 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is going to be oneteen, and 12 ought to be twoteen, and 13 ought to be threeteen extremely of 13 b/c 14-19 are all the numbers w/ teen further to the top. apart from 15 and it is going to be fiveteen.
2016-11-25 01:12:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
eleven is the same as onety one look up the pronouncieation in greeg
2006-10-23 17:45:16 · answer #3 · answered by SLEDGEHAMMER 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Interesting if you think about it. This is what I found out:
[Origin: bef. 900; ME elleven(e), OE ellefne, endleofan; c. OHG einlif (G elf), ON ellifu, Goth ainlib-, lit., one remaining (after counting 10). See one, leave1]
So its from an ancient origin.
2006-10-23 13:37:09 · answer #4 · answered by soulsearching 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
probably the same reason the fraction 1/2 isn't pronounced "one tooth"
2006-10-23 13:47:31 · answer #5 · answered by Damned fan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because if so we would've pronounced 20 as twenteen
2006-10-23 13:31:50 · answer #6 · answered by adorable 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because we are not the one who made the language!!!!
2006-10-23 13:30:04 · answer #7 · answered by ♥Angel♥ 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
My preschooler pronounces it that way sometimes! LOL!
2006-10-23 13:32:42 · answer #8 · answered by misskenjr 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The name for it is Latin (eleven) , so we just call it eleven
2006-10-23 13:38:44 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One too many acid hits...
You should just call it whatever you want.
2006-10-23 13:33:32 · answer #10 · answered by Encyclopedia Allie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋