Way back, 13 onwards must've been unusually high numbers, that only got named after we were already used to 11 and 12, amirite?

+32 Way back, 13 onwards must've been unusually high numbers, that only got named after we were already used to 11 and 12, amirite?

by Apprehensive_Bed 1 week ago

Reading this was an act of violence.

by Cmedhurst 1 week ago

The shift in pronunciation if I recall is a trace of a duodecimal counting system.

by Dull_Rush9543 1 week ago

Base 12 is a wonderful thing. If metric had used it, they probably could have seamlessly had metric time.

by Anonymous 1 week ago