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Thread #170167   Message #4114901
Posted By: Backwoodsman
31-Jul-21 - 05:21 AM
Thread Name: BS: Regional UK Accents
Subject: RE: BS: Regional UK Accents
My parents used to say ‘five and twenty’, meaning twenty-five (Lincolnshire). I think I used to use the expression in my youth but, as it fell out of favour generally, I guess I just ‘dropped’ it.