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minus-squareSpaceCowboy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down3·11 hours agoEnglish doesn’t have proper words for 13 to 19.
minus-squareDharma Curious (he/him)@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 hours agoI’d argue we do have proper words for 13-19, but don’t have proper words for 11&12
minus-squareaaa@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 hours agoI feel like most other European languages I have heard do not either. (Well, what is “proper” anyways?) Care to share a language that does?
minus-squareSpaceCowboy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 hours agoYou need to ask OP. I’m just using “proper word” within the same context that OP is using.
minus-squareBeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 hours agoI’d guess ten one, ten two, ten three
minus-squareSpaceCowboy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 hours agoThirteen is basically just three-ten, fourteen is four-ten, etc.
minus-squareBeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 hours agoI do understand that, but equally it doesn’t follow the convention we use for the rest of the numbers.
English doesn’t have proper words for 13 to 19.
I’d argue we do have proper words for 13-19, but don’t have proper words for 11&12
Base 12 represent!
I feel like most other European languages I have heard do not either. (Well, what is “proper” anyways?) Care to share a language that does?
You need to ask OP. I’m just using “proper word” within the same context that OP is using.
I’d guess ten one, ten two, ten three
Thirteen is basically just three-ten, fourteen is four-ten, etc.
I do understand that, but equally it doesn’t follow the convention we use for the rest of the numbers.
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