Goddamit i hate this fucking post. I hate it because obviously if ātwelveā followed the same pattern as the other teen numbers it wouldnāt be ātwoteenā it would be āseconteenā. Think about it. Itās not āthreeteenā itās āthirteenā as in āthirdā. Itās not āfiveteenā itās āfifteenā as in fifth. So with that in mind, you count āfirst, second, third, fourth, fifth,ā and so on, so eleven would be āfirsteenā and twelve would be āsecondteenā or āseconteenā. āFirsteen, seconteen, thirteen, fourteen, fifteenā¦.ā It just drives me absolutely mad everytime i see this post that this obvious pattern was overlooked and i cant hold in my rage anymore.
no but it would rather be twenteen like, in the same way you have thir-teen ~ thir-ty, fif-teen ~ fif-ty, youād also have twen-teen ~ twen-ty
besides, second is a borrowing from latin so that wouldnāt work at all





















