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submitted 4 months ago by Skua@kbin.earth to c/lotrmemes@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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[–] Skua@kbin.earth 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)

In older varieties of English and other Germanic languages, "hundred" meant the number we now write as 120. 100 was tenty, and 110 was eleventy

[–] baggins@beehaw.org 3 points 4 months ago

And of course, the Professor would know this. It's why he used it.