William Ballard wrote:
...On Wed, May 26, 2004 at 06:36:48PM +0100, Oliver Elphick wrote:
"Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this
That's poetical language.
I don't think so.
Numbers were said differently in the past. (Remember "four and twenty blackbirds..."?)
Also, the French version of 80 is basicly "four-twenties" (just like four score).
> Plus, it's half the time of the way back.
87 is half of what?
Daniel
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