2007-01-27 16:26:40 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Why is a Caterpillar tractor called Cat instead of Dog???
2007-01-27 16:29:53 · answer #1 · answered by Transgénico 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
First, look at the root of twenty-one. Twenty. Do we say tenty? No. So, there has to be a way to say it. 11 and 12 are the only 2 numbers that break the pattern of the base-10 number not being anywhere in the number. 13-19 are reversed, with the "teen" being the base 10. So I guess by that logic, 11 should be oneteen and 12 should be twoteen.
2007-01-28 01:33:25 · answer #2 · answered by Kaotik29 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because tenty one sounds stupid and God said we shouldn't sound stupid. If the brain offend the pluck it out and cast it from the. It is better to go into Heaven a complete idiot with no brain than go into hell with half a brain.
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2007-01-28 00:39:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why Twelve as 1 2 Wake up Brain Dead Meathead
2007-01-28 00:30:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
first tenty one sounds like twenty one
second our fore anestors said it as eleven n rest different
no one can change it other than george bush
2007-01-28 00:33:10 · answer #5 · answered by Big_J 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Probably for the same reason the past tense of "go" is "went"; it's an etymological leftover from an older form of the language, or even another language.
2007-01-28 00:37:14 · answer #6 · answered by Engineer-Poet 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just sounds bad and also sounds too much like 21 (twenty one)
2007-01-28 00:30:38 · answer #7 · answered by Girl Goes Back To The Future 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"tenty one" sounds too much like "twenty one"
2007-01-28 00:29:48 · answer #8 · answered by rd 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds okay to me, Buhwhee, and 51 can be fippy-one.
2007-01-28 00:32:42 · answer #9 · answered by kamaole3 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's just the way it is.
2007-01-28 01:04:16 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋