Re:Roman Finger Counting
by Tistron on Friday May 15, 2020 @08:11AM
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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.
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