• callyral [he/they]@pawb.socialEnglish
    10·
    1 year ago

    Seventeen is 7+10 (seven+teen) but twenty one is 20+1 (twenty+one)

    If English was more consistent, seventeen would be ten seven.

    • Black616Angel@feddit.de
      6·
      1 year ago

      If it was really consistent, it would be something like onety seven but not really either, since it’s also not twoty seven.

      PS: Eleven would be onety one.