Thread:Coolot1/@comment-25892114-20180107233719/@comment-25892114-20180112011421

Emily: I got a question that has been in my head.

Eric: Yeah?

Emily: Okay, you know numbers like 91, 81, 71, 61, 51, 41, 31, and 21, right?

Eric: Yeah?

Emily: They all had this "-ty" term before any number like one. But when we get to 11, it's pronounced "eleven." And I was wondering if numbers like 21 are pronounced "twenty-one", why is 11 pronounced "eleven" and not something like "onety-one?"

Claire: (in head) To be honest, that's a really good question.