Why do people say "Ten to the Dozen"?
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You said I had atheletes foot?!! I have a sore throat! as in the area in your mouth!
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The word "dozen" is a cook's word while a "12 pack" is drinker's jargon.
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the word ' tithe ' means ' tenth '.
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When people talk about something being xdigits of money, they are referring very vageuly to the amount of money.  Basically, they are referring to the number of digits in the number.  If you refer to something being in the six digits, you are saying that it is at least 100,000 because that is how many digits are in that number.  A seven digit number would be millions: 1,000,000.  Eight would be tens of millions: 10,000,000.
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Because it was originally the abbreviation for the Italian word for number, "numero".  It spread to the English speaking world from there.
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one two three four five six seven eight nine ten
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Because seven eight nine
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Just in case you didn't catch it when 6 people said the same thing before, the answer to your question is:\n\nthe origin
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The prevalence of the number 12 and its multiples can be traced back to ancient days and religious beliefs. The number 12 was regarded as a spiritually "complete" number (12 Apostles, 12 Tribes of Israel, etc.).\n\nThis is why we see such a prevalence of the number in our measurement systems...\n\n   12 inches in a foot\n   12*30 = 360 degrees in a circle\n   12 hours on a clock, 12*2 = 24 hours in a day\n   12*5 = 60 minutes in an hour\n\nOne other reason may relate to simplicity of divisions. Fold a piece of paper in half, then try to fold it into fifths. It's not so easy, but if you could do it, then you would have a paper with 10 divisions. Now fold the paper in half, then fold it in half again, then fold it into thirds. This is much easier and the end result is a paper with 12 divisions.
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Good answer above.  \n\nIn the UK we have used "as queer as a nine bob note". This was before decimilisation and there was no such thing as a nine bob note.
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First of all "frase" is not a word.  There's a damn spell check.  Use it.  The "phrase" cheaper by the dozen means that it you buy 12 (a dozen) of something, it is cheaper than paying for one at a time.  For instance, let's say that one egg costs $1, but 12 (a dozen) eggs costs only $11, you save money by buying the dozen, because twelve eggs should cost $12.
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Get real.  There are people who could not find their butt with 12 hands.  Some people are so far from reality that they do not even know they have a butt, much less capable of finding one.\nThe phrase, however, is usually used sarcasticly, not literally.
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Seven and one thousand six ten-thousandths.
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I think It has something to do with the Significance of the the number twelve to romans. \n12 months\n12 titans\n12 apostles\nso the numbers 1- 12 are unique sounding although we use a base 10 arabic system for the numerals\nthirteen and fifteen are simply changed for ease of use, but they do use the 'teen' system. \nI think they are changed because the 'e' sound in three is too similar to the 't' in teen, and the transition from 'v' to t in fiveteen would be foriegn sounding. \nLike why we pronounce the suffix -ed differently for words ending with different sounds. Eg. worked, stopped, 'ed' is pronounced 't'. milled,jelled 'ed' is pronounced 'd' and sometimed 'ed' is pronounce 'ed' shredded, etc. \n\nSo the numbers up to twelve are unique, but only in roman based counting systems.\n\nJessom made a good point though.\nWhy don't the teens follow other number conventions like twenty, thirty, forty,
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That is good of you to share this information with us.  I Really had to try hard to find all six it was only when you continued with the bit about the word 'of' that I found another two but still missed the last one.  However I am old, so that may have something to do with it.\n\nIt kept me amused for a while so 10/10.  I demand more of this sort of thing;)\n\nI am going to try it with my listeners next time I do a show
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I've always thought it meant "very common,inexpensive and or plentiful".  \nFor example:  In the summertime sunglasses are a dime a dozen.  \nMeaning: they are in every store and you can get them cheap because it's summer.
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According to Wikipedia:\n\nMyriad is a classical Greek name for the number 10 to the 4th = 10 000, or a group of 10 000 people, etc. In English, the word refers to 10 000 (a cardinal number) or to an unspecified large quantity.