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Re:Counting in the wrong language by twiceaday on Friday November 22, 2019 @05:42PM (#21610890)
Interestingly “Four score and seven years ago” is "4 20 7" meaning 87.
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Re:Counting in the wrong language by rdiddly on Friday November 22, 2019 @09:11PM (#21611964)
Yep, that'd be the 87 years from 1776 (Declaration of Independence) to 1863 when the speech was given.
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