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Thread #48397 Message #3929463
Posted By: Nigel Parsons
06-Jun-18 - 11:31 AM
Thread Name: Folklore: Shepherds' counting systems: British?
Subject: RE: Folklore: Shepherds' counting systems: British?
English also uses base 20 numbers:
Five and twenty Ponies,
The ball of Kerrymuir
The Bible: the years of a man are three-score years and ten
etcetera.