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[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Okay but forty and fourty are pronunced the same way. And I'm sure fivety wouldn't sound funny if thats how we started off.

Edit: and seventy, eighty, ninety all use their original number spelling.