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Why is it pronounced "Eleven" and not "Onety-One"?

Why is it pronounced "Eleven" and not "Onety-One"? | Eleven; Onety-one | image tagged in memes,drake hotline bling,eleven,why,better,no | made w/ Imgflip meme maker
14,711 views 204 upvotes Made by FatalError 4 years ago in fun
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yee
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I thought that was racist
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and zeroty-seven
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10 ty ten
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Good meme and upvoted but repost
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Then why is it fourteen rather than onety-four?
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1 up, 4y
SOTP!!
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Nice!
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Í̵͈͎͖̟̼̖̣̳͋͋̎̂͆̚͝ͅ ̸͓͉̰̿͛̍̍̂̀̀͊͝ͅW̷̨͍̝̿̎̀A̷͙̥̥̝͙̅̀̍Ṋ̸͇͓͍̯͙̜͓̝̐̾͆̋͑̈́͌̚̕͝ͅṬ̵̛͍̻̥̻̙͍̫̫̹̆̈̅̏̋͆̎͑͐ ̶̨̛͉̲͚̲̝͍̼͈̄́̎̀́̃͠T̷͉͌̓Ớ̵̲̲͖͍̓͘ ̴̥̯̟̱͕̻͍̗̼̈́͑ͅF̷̡̙͋̊̃̋͋̈́́̀R̷̡̝̂̋̊̄Ė̷̢̛̛̼͕̳̪͍̒͊̅̂̓A̸̢͖̹̲̪͛K̴̺̫͝I̴͉͇͕̱͖̤̾̈́̔͊̄͒̾N̸̜̫̾̓̒̓̌͆̐͝G̴̡͍̫̩̀͆̓̒̇ ̵̧̱̺̫̗͊̈͛ͅD̶̢͚̫̮̺̜͉̱̑̈̅͌̚͝I̷̝̬͚̔͂̇͛͛͂͝͝E̸̩͐̓̀̓̚!̶̲̤̤́͋̓͌͐͒̉̚!̶̧̳͍͚͉̏̔̋͛̉̚̕͝͝ͅ!̷͖̋̿͛̿͆̒͑͜!̵̙̞̺̳̰̾̒̀͘
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Oneteen
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Onety one is incorrect,Eleven is correct
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It’s said as eleven because
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Ainlif is composed of ain meaning one and the suffix lif(lifted straight from the German root lib) meaning "to adhere/remain/remain left over". So, Eleven means literally "one-left" (ie one past ten). Hence Eleven. Similarly, Twelve comes from ancient German Compound Word twalif meaning "two-left" (ie two past ten).
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Eleven; Onety-one