Why do we say "twice" instead of "Toose"?
Once, twoce, threece, fource
Toose would be inconsistent.
Worked at a place many years ago where a co-worker, Jean, answered to Toose or Toosie.?ÿ Her father had given a nickname at birth to all eight children.?ÿ Burr, Bugs, Sal, Skeet, Toose.
I always fancied "eleventeen", but twelve mucked it up.
I always fancied "eleventeen", but twelve mucked it up.
"Teen" comes from "ten," so thirteen evolved from "three and ten," etc.?ÿ Eleven and twelve are a little different, eleven coming from "one left" (after subtracting ten) and twelve from "two left" (after subtracting ten).
Why isn't 40 spelled fourty??ÿ Same problem with 50.
@holy-cow it should be fivety?ÿ
Why do we say too not twoe?
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Why do we say AR-KAN-SAW not AR-KAN-SAS?
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Never mind, I Googled it:
The English used the word Kansas. But Arkansas originated with the French. And for this reason, they didn't pronounce the words similarly.?ÿThe linguistic differences between the two European languages are far too distinct.
@dougie?ÿ
Someday Radar will make a post without an image and shock us all.
Why isn't 40 spelled fourty??ÿ
It is in all english speaking countries other than the US.
So, what in the world is umpteenth?
Why isn't 40 spelled fourty??ÿ
It is in all english speaking countries other than the US.
No.?ÿ Well, at least not for the last 400 years or so.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/is-it-forty-or-fourty
