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[-] theletterw@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

I remember counting using onety-one etc. before I started kindergarten ๐Ÿ˜† no idea how I still remember that but I do.

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

tbf it probably would have been that if there wasn't a period where we counted a lot of stuff in twelves and twenties, that left special words for 11, 12, and 20, with 12 and 20 especially getting the superspecial words "dozen" and "score".

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