• Vinny_93@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    And ninety, halvfems, short for halvfemsindstyve or halv-fem-sinds-tyve, means “fifth half times twenty”, or “four scores plus half of the fifth score” [4½ * 20].

    I think the Britons used scores as well for some time.