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> Technically true, but what are you trying to convey? The number of winters you survived probably. Folk descriptions of age in my corner of the world often u
by Tade0 3y ago
> Technically true, but what are you trying to convey?
The number of winters you survived probably.
Folk descriptions of age in my corner of the world often used springs as a unit - to this day the plural form for years in my language(Polish) reads as "summers".
- simias 3y agoDitto in Russian, and in French "spring" is sometimes used as a synonymous for "year" when talking about ages, especially in more poetic contexts.