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by zajio1am 452 days ago
Note that 'first' and 'second' are not etymologically related to one or two, but to 'foremost'. Therefore, it is would make sense to use this sequence of ordinals:

first, second, twoth, third, fourth, ...

or shortened:

0st, 1nd, 2th, 3th, 4th ...