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submitted 11 months ago by Skua@kbin.earth to c/lotrmemes@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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[–] Skua@kbin.earth 16 points 11 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 11 months ago

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