Queen Elizabeth I and the English language/ this is not a joke

[Detlef]

Hi all of you,

Some people claim that Queen Elizabeth I had something to do with changing the way numbers should be written and pronounced, like we do now.

So

- 31=thirty-one
- 32= thirty-two

However, I can hardly believe it since the William the Conquerer was a Frenchman. In France they use a similar system:

- e.g.: 33=trente-trois/ 44=quarante-quatre

Could anyone tell me whether this is true or not?

Thanks!
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[Torsten]

Fortunately, the British didn't adopt the German way of expressing numbers.

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