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[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 24 points 6 months ago (3 children)

I think it's also used in archaic English 'four and twenty blackbirds, baked in a pie'

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[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago

Four score and seven years ago

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[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 months ago

The and is a bit weird but I do sometimes break large numbers down like that, for example if I'm looking at an address I won't say 1050 I won't say one thousand fifty ill say ten fifty.

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[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

no that's 420 blackbirds. it's a very high pie.

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