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I was just thinking about this, when I'm facing an issue, the first thing I do is go to a search engine and usually there's a Reddit post. But I don't want to ask there. And the only way we're going to build up the info for folks to find us and come here is for us to just start asking here. On the Fediverse. We need to build up that mountain of knowledge that Reddit has and will always have. So we should be championing ANYONE asking questions here. Even if we think it's obvious and we think you can just Google it. There was a time where you literally couldn't just Google it. That was built over time. We need to build that here. So start asking your questions here! Find the answers and then post your answer to your own question. Or let someone do it for you. We need to build the knowledge here to be found. It's not just about people looking for alternatives. We need our knowledge to be more valuable than their knowledge.

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[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 days ago (6 children)

Why isn't 11 pronounced 'Onety One'?

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

Probably a similar reason 22 isn’t pronounced ‘Twoty Two’

[–] Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com 4 points 2 days ago

Know your meme guy pointing

[–] ozoned@piefed.social 1 points 2 days ago

Lol I meant more in starting in other posts or communities or micro blogs across the Fediverse. But I love the question. :-p

[–] blargle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

Still not nearly as annoying as the French refusal to just say huitante or nonante. "93" is "Quadrupletwenty-thirteen?" Êtes-vous foutant défoncé??

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[–] WhatsTheHoldup@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's a hangover from earlier base 12 counting systems in which things like eggs would be counted in dozens.

You need 12 unique symbols in a base 12 system.

Thirteen through nineteen come from a different language source than eleven and twelve.

[–] Phen@lemmy.eco.br 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That makes enough sense.

Now to figure out why my language (Portuguese) has unique names going up to 15 instead of 10 or 12.

[–] WhatsTheHoldup@lemmy.ml 1 points 16 hours ago

Couldn't find anything except that Spanish might be similar.