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Re:Roman Finger Counting by sharpercoder on Friday May 15, 2020 @06:19AM (#23190588)
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve... they're unique names. Then comes thirten, fourten.

Ten, eleven and twelve are unique names and probably have their entymology derived from a base-12 numbering system once primarily used in Anglo-speaking countries.

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Re:Roman Finger Counting by Tistron on Friday May 15, 2020 @08:11AM (#23191198)
It's simple enough to Google "etymology eleven" to see that it is a base 10 word.

Modern proponents of a dozenal system seem to prefer the words "el" and "doz" for eleven and twelve. I would totally be in for changing, but realistically it'll never happen.

Numberphile on the dozenal system: https://youtu.be/U6xJfP7-HCc

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Re:Roman Finger Counting by occamrazor on Friday May 15, 2020 @07:47AM (#23191050)
“Twelve” is suspiciously similar to “two” however, which makes me wonder about its origin.
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