norgeskog
Washing Up
Need help, when we say 20 it is twenty, when we say 10 it is ten. Why not say, to make things uniform, one-te for 10, one-te-one for 11, one-te-two for 12, one-te-three for 13, and so on. 
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PolishedTopaz
Sous Chef
AHHHH Grasshopper.......now you know why english is the hardest language to learn.
choclatechef
Washing Up
OMG! Not only will I need to learn metrics, but I will need to learn to count again!
Save me from such numerical horrors.....
Save me from such numerical horrors.....
middie
Chef Extraordinaire
i can barely count as is... don't expect me to learn how to again lol
lindatooo
Head Chef
Numbers are my nemesis! Haven't been able to remember a phone number since speed dialing became available...can't add or subtract since I got a calculator....I'm a mess!
choclatechef
Washing Up
I guess the politically correct thing to say is that most women on this forum appear to be numerically challenged.
That is because as women we know everything else!
That is because as women we know everything else!
mudbug
Chef Extraordinaire
So my Uncle Junie (short for Junior) would be "Uncle Twelve" in Japanese. Love it.
buckytom
Chef Extraordinaire
that's the way it is in german norgeskog, after you get past the teens (why does so much clear up and get easier after the teens? )
for instance:
eins, zwei, drei, vier, funf, sechs, sieben, acht, neun, zehn, for 1 to 10.
then elf, zwolf, for 11 and 12, (see, they're oddballs)
then dreizehn (3 - 10, or 13), vierzehn (4 - 10 or 14), funfzehn, sechszehn, siebzehn, achtzehn, neunzehn, zwanzig, for 15 thru 20.
then it gets easy, just the first 9 numbers and the decade marker. such as 21 is einsundzwanzig, or 1 and 20. 35 would be 5 and 30, or funfunddreizig.
it's very easy...
)for instance:
eins, zwei, drei, vier, funf, sechs, sieben, acht, neun, zehn, for 1 to 10.
then elf, zwolf, for 11 and 12, (see, they're oddballs)
then dreizehn (3 - 10, or 13), vierzehn (4 - 10 or 14), funfzehn, sechszehn, siebzehn, achtzehn, neunzehn, zwanzig, for 15 thru 20.
then it gets easy, just the first 9 numbers and the decade marker. such as 21 is einsundzwanzig, or 1 and 20. 35 would be 5 and 30, or funfunddreizig.
it's very easy...
ronjohn55
Head Chef
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BRING BACK ROMAN NUMERALS!!!!!!! 
John
John
crewsk
Master Chef
This is almost like asking why does pneumonia start with a "p"?
buckytom
Chef Extraordinaire
lol crewsk, i don't know how yous guys get pneumonia down there in norris, but up here we get it from coughing and sneezing...
crewsk
Master Chef
We get it from going outsde in the winter with our head wet. At least that's what my grandma always says!
buckytom
Chef Extraordinaire
ronjohn55 said:BRING BACK ROMAN NUMERALS!!!!!!!
John
i II'nd that!!!!!
norgeskog
Washing Up
I guess I am a rare one here, I excelled in math and was always the first one to sit down in a spelling bee. And with self correcting computers, still cannot spell. Then learning other languages really messed up things. I still do not remember i before e or the other way around and the exceptions for it. UGH...
middie
Chef Extraordinaire
math an i are enemies. we don't get along at all
DampCharcoal
Executive Chef
I'm like Middie. To quote a Jimmy Buffett song, "Math Sucks!" You people are making my head hurt again!!! At least I've learned that collectively, we can count in a half dozen languages!
