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| Thread ID: 74545 | 2006-11-26 20:05:00 | Monday Laughs: Yet Another List....... | Billy T (70) | PC World Chat |
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| 502268 | 2006-11-27 19:20:00 | Beats me. WHy isn't 22 pronounced Tooty-Two? Because twenty is a numeric prefix, though you may have a point for numbers from 11 to 19, e.g. tenty-one, tenty-two, tenty-three etc. Or, as suggested, for 10 to 19: onety-o, onety-one, onety-two, onety-three, though that sequence isn't numerically correct. Cheers Billy 8-{) :D |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 502269 | 2006-12-01 22:01:00 | Three great things about having amnesia: 1) I get to hide my own Easter eggs 2) I get to meet new people everyday . . . . . . . 3) I get to hide my own Easter eggs! Cheers :) |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 502270 | 2006-12-02 22:32:00 | Because twenty is a numeric prefix, though you may have a point for numbers from 11 to 19, e . g . tenty-one, tenty-two, tenty-three etc . Or, as suggested, for 10 to 19: onety-o, onety-one, onety-two, onety-three, though that sequence isn't numerically correct . Cheers Billy 8-{) :DLogically one would expect: One-teen, two-teen * * * * * * nine-teen . So where did eleven and twelve come from? |
personthingy (1670) | ||
| 502271 | 2006-12-03 08:46:00 | Hastily jammed in as a stop-gap until the decimal currency system came along. | R2x1 (4628) | ||
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