2025-12-24 06:57 UTC
Congratulations. You’ve just discovered how base 10 counting works.
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@fushuan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2025-12-24 09:39
Not really. We are talking about how numbers are called in different languages. Other languages have actual names for twenty that aren’t a combination of digit+ten. Basque is hogei, ten is hamar, two is bi, there is no phonetic similarity. The way language is created then informs how counting and numbers work. Spanish has a proper distinct name for 20, but then is like english for 30 and above. No need to be so passive aggressive while not understanding what I was trying to explain.