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[–] Skua@kbin.earth 16 points 1 year 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 1 year ago

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