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score is basically biblical From the Bible, Psalm 90, verse 10: "The days of our years are three score and ten."
by peteri 6y ago
score is basically biblical
From the Bible, Psalm 90, verse 10: "The days of our years are three score and ten."
- vr46 6y agoYes, true, can something be slang if it's just old? "Dozen" is pretty old too, but is never used for money.
- noir_lord 6y agoWas until 1971 in the UK 12 * 20 = 240 pence in pound. 12 pence in a shilling and funnily 20 shillings in a pound.
- stan_rogers 6y agoBiblical? It's a lot older than any English bible; scoring (reckoning in base 20) just happened to be something were very familiar with at the time the Tyndale and later King James bibles were translated. Children's games in parts of England still use Celtic-derived "sheep scoring" numbers.
- anonAndOn 6y agoAcross the pond, Yanks who 'member a bit from HS history class can probably recite ol' Honest Abe's most famous opening line, "Four score and seven years ago...".