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“Four and twenty blackbirds baked in pie” is a line from English nursery rhyme. Also two score and ten meaning 50 is not that old. At some point fairly recently
by willyt 5y ago
“Four and twenty blackbirds baked in pie” is a line from English nursery rhyme. Also two score and ten meaning 50 is not that old. At some point fairly recently English must have changed to the current system. Until the 1960’s there were 12 pence in a shilling and 20 shillings in a British pound sterling (240 pence).
- timthorn 5y agoMy grandmother would often use that form of words in regular speech.
- kevinwang 5y agoYeah, I'm reading Pride and Prejudice right now (1813) and in dialogue they speak numbers "backwards" like that.
- dustintrex 5y agoAustralia's largest meat pie company is named after this. Although I doubt most people realize it actually means "24". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four%27n_Twenty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four%27n_Twenty