Back in Frances time these were large numbers. One million five hundred thousand one hundred eight, like ???? That's how people in the future will look at you when you say that number in English. Stop counting people, our brains are not meant for this
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?
Because trolling predate the Internet.
Boards of Canada
Very familiar with BOC but I have no idea what you mean here. Can you explain this?
What do you think "seven -ty" is. Seven ten
In French:
70 is said "sixty ten" so 72 is "sixty twelve."
80 is "four twenties."
90 is "four twenties and a ten" so 99 is "four twenties and nineteen.
But 70,80,90 are English numbers
Parce qu'on a eu la Gaule trop longtemps !
It comes from way before French. Some tribe, Celts, or whatever, call them Gauls, although it doesn't really mean anything other that "people who live in that area according to the Romans", counted in twenties. And that's one of the things they've left us. For better or for worse.
Just wait until you find out how the Dutch count.
What's wrong with "five hundred five and fifty thousand five hundred five and fifty"? /s
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