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[–] callyral@pawb.social 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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 points 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.