If,
one three = thriteen
one four = fourteen… and so on…
why is’nt one two = twoteen?
If the english language had any logic at all, not only would one two be twoteen, but one three would be threeteen, not thirteen.
It’s English.
And French.
And Spanish.
And Vietnamese.
And so on.
In quite a few languages, the names of cardinal numbers are not perfectly preserved as counting progresses from ones to tens to hundreds, etc.
But in Chinese, names of cardinal numbers are perfectly preserved.
whew!
Add the letters of twelve and one together, take away the letters of eleven, what’d ya get?
In Hindi, its something like
one three = thirteen, one four = fourteen as well,
similarly as in English, even in Hindi, one two would not be twoteen.
Check out the spelling of thirteen above.
Intentional?
just to add onto that, Hindi is derived from Sanskrit, and Sanskrit is known to be the worlds oldest language (or one of perhaps), so is that where the number/lingo complexity issue commenced?
Ooops! :o
Nah that was’nt intentional.
What I want to know is why the French, to say 92, say four twenties and twelve. I mean, that’s just so complicated. wouldn’t it be easier to say ten nines minus seven? 
Because last time I checked, ten nines minus seven equals 83. Not 92.
Oops. Forgot to close my [/smartass] tag.