What does eleventeen mean?

[completelyrandomname]

Linus mentions it a couple times, even Josh from Fractal says it.

[Dave :)]

Like thirteen but with eleven? Can't remember where it is in the livestream, do you have a link for it? - I may be wrong given the context.

[Prettyfinej]

I assumed it was either 21 or just an undefined number.

[Guest]

42.

[TechFan@ic]

I thought that it was 21 as well but when I tweeted Slick about it he said " eleventeen is not a real number"

[mgsstar]

I think this word is from the Lord of the Rings. Found this word in a forum: http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=1492857

Quote from the forum:"At the beginning of "The Lord of the Rings," Bilbo Baggins turns 111 years old, which, among the hobbits, is called "eleventeen.""

[Jonny.Wong.16]

Sixteen 1+6 -> 16

Seventeen 1+7 -> 17

Eighteen 1+8 -> 18

Nineteen 1+9 -> 19

Tenteen 1+10 -> 110 ???

Eleventeen 1+11 -> 111

And, yeah, eleventeen is mentioned in The Lord of the Rings.

[barbilea]

Thanks for giving the information to us.

[Glenwing]

It's not a real number. But if you were following convention (10 + a number) it'd be 21.

[completelyrandomname]

Wish I could provide links but I can't remember exactly where they were from. For sure Josh says it in the Live Stream. I guess it's 21...