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samus12345@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie…
Four score and seven years ago…
That still fits the pattern of “bigger number, then smaller number.”
True. It does match the French pattern of 4x20+x.
It does exactly, and I didn’t notice that. “Four score and twelve.”
Botzo@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Four score and seven years ago…
samus12345@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
That still fits the pattern of “bigger number, then smaller number.”
Botzo@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
True. It does match the French pattern of 4x20+x.
samus12345@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
It does exactly, and I didn’t notice that. “Four score and twelve.”