Why is every other number a teen but these are eleven, twelve, thirteen and fifteen? Or why aren't they called onety-one, onety-two...etc since the twos are twenties?
2007-11-18 21:41:23 · 18 answers · asked by ͏҉ ßõhrçmrïñsÿ★ 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Ha ha ha ha...I shall call them onety one etc from now on...
2007-11-18 21:47:11 · answer #1 · answered by Buttsmear 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well I should imagine, because people often used to reckon items by the dozen, (dozen eggs, baker's dozen) that it was preferable to have separate words for eleven and twelve. As for threeteen and fiveteen I guess these were polished by the tongue to become thirteen and fifteen. Shorter syllables are obviously quicker to say than longer ones and the shortening of syllables has much to do with the development of accents.
2007-11-19 05:54:16 · answer #2 · answered by Eddie D 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whys the sky Blue?
The Grass Green?
It just is because its always been
And its not from the English languge...it origniated from a european country
2007-11-19 05:45:47 · answer #3 · answered by Spaggethibrownnnn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because 11 is special - double digits.
which then makes 13 special - new to teenager.
BUT....
i have no idea what it isnt just threeteen and fiveteen.
2007-11-19 05:56:39 · answer #4 · answered by mh.shine 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's for me to know and you to find out by asking questions like this on Y!A
2007-11-19 05:46:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
they don't translate well into other languages, so pre-existing words that did and were used as counting systems in other tounges prevailed. in short we had it in English but they didn't.
2007-11-19 05:51:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ask the person who discovered numbers
2007-11-19 05:43:59 · answer #7 · answered by peter t 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Or oneskin , twoskin, threeskin, fiveskin.
2007-11-19 05:44:56 · answer #8 · answered by David C 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I hope this isnt keeping you awake at night.
2007-11-19 05:46:06 · answer #9 · answered by rushmore223 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
;)
ask the one who made numbers..
or maybe because they're not good to listen to... :D
2007-11-19 05:46:50 · answer #10 · answered by Jellene 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋