On Wed, 24 Jul 2013 06:10:23 +0100, Stephen wrote:

> On 24/07/2013 12:32 AM, nemesis wrote:
>> don't you British spell 32 as two and thirty?  at least, it is that way
>> in Victorian literature
> 
> I think that is just for literary effect, as in "Four and twenty
> blackbirds, baked in a pie". The language does move on, for instance we
> don't call a week a sevennight any more. But there are still parts of
> the country that use thee and thou.

And "fortnight". :)

Jim

Post a reply to this message