Words for Granted - An etymology and linguistics podcast

Episode 39: Eleven/Twelve

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When compared to the other numbers between ten and twenty, the words for eleven and twelve stick out like a sore thumb. If they followed the construction of the rest of the teen numbers, they'd be called one-teen and two-teen, but of course, this isn't the case.

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