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

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inkyvoyd · Answer

https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070610105817AAlRnJd

danisaur · Answer

Soooo..whats is your answer random dude?

danisaur · Answer

Cause I cant click on the link :/

marieblossom16 · Answer

the link says: For starters, there is no "onety" because it all BEGAN with a counting system based on "ten". The terms "twenty", "thirty" etc. are derived from compound words meaning "two tens", "three tens", etc. There was hardly a need to begin with a term meaning "one ten" when we already had the simple word "ten".

danisaur · Answer

Thanks!

anonymous · Answer

Yes.

ikram002p · Answer

Oh.. this is a language building on phrases. It has nothing to do with math like mathematically there is no harm in calling it onty one as long as  define it as 10^0+10^1

P.S : you can construct your own phrases to express numbers if it makes you more comfortable with.

anonymous · Answer

11 is not onety one because I said so