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Why is 11 not pronounced as onety-one?

it isn't called onety one because that is the way albert eninestine wanted it.


WHY IS 11 NOT PRONOUNCED ONETY-ONE?

it isn't called onety one because that is the way albert eninestine wanted it.


Why isn't the number 11 pronounced onety one answer?

There are two main reasons. The first is in analogy with the fact that 21 is not pronounced twoty one. But more seriously, many of the smaller numbers were given their own names rather than names derived by concatenating the tens and units. In English and German numbers up to 12 have their own names, in French up to 16, in many Indian languages 18.


Why isn the number 11 pronounced onety one?

Because life is based around the number twelve, eleven actually means one before twelve, but because humans have ten digits we chose to base it around ten. Look around you and everything, time and so on, is based on the number twelve and it is subtly hidden inside our language.


Why is the number 11 called eleven-number 99 is called ninety-nine-number 88 is called eighty-eight but why not onety-one?

The numbers between ten and twenty are unique.


Why is the number 99 called ninety-nine number 88 is called eighty-eight and number 11 is called eleven but why not onety-one?

Traditionally, some relatively small numbers have their own names.


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Why isn't 11 pronounced ontey one?

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