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If you live to 70, 10 years of that have been a Monday!

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Why isn’t 11 pronounced ontey one?
Eleven and twelve come from the Old English words endleofan and twelf, which can be traced back further to a time when they were ain+lif and twa+lif. ... So the basic number words up to ten formed first, then they were extended a bit with the –lif ending.
 

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