2007-01-11 02:37:02 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
Because who wants to go to seven-onety-one at 1:50 am for a beer run?
2007-01-11 02:47:38 · answer #1 · answered by pattitutde 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That is a good question. Some would say that it would sound silly but if we started calling it onety one and never knew it by any other name but that ,would it still sound silly?
2007-01-11 10:41:41 · answer #2 · answered by sweetbajanass 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not sure about pronunciation, but here's an interesting site all about the number 11. Sorry about the religious content, if that bothers anyone.
2007-01-11 10:44:55 · answer #3 · answered by Badger 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe it should be, as it is in some other languages, ten one. But here's the answer
Eleven in Old English is endleofan, and related forms in the various Germanic languages point back to an original Germanic *ainlif, “eleven.” *Ainlif is composed of *ain–, “one,” the same as our one, and the suffix *–lif from the Germanic root *lib–, “to adhere, remain, remain left over.” Thus, eleven is literally “one-left” (over, that is, past ten), and twelve is “two-left” (over past ten).
2007-01-11 10:51:21 · answer #4 · answered by expatturk 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well..why isn't 12 prounced onety twoy....???
2007-01-11 11:09:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because Elven sounds better.
2007-01-11 11:30:52 · answer #6 · answered by ♥Amanda♥ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question, but it really should go like this:
...ten, oneteen, twoteen, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen,...
2007-01-11 10:59:53 · answer #7 · answered by Maverick 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lmao..that would b silly ..lol...ur silly .lol
2007-01-11 10:45:34 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because that would sound silly
2007-01-11 10:39:46 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol. because that would sound too weird.
2007-01-11 10:39:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋