On 28/03/2015 12:23, Thomas de Groot wrote:
> 27 minutes long? No patience ;-)

27 minutes of wishing they would stop being in love with each other and 
get on with it.

> I found this (short) answer:
>
http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/3903/19th-century-english-texts-occasionally-use-germanic-style-number-words-such-as
>
>
> Not entirely satisfying though.

I think I've got it and Andrel may be right. Henry V of England was a 
native English speaker and was the first to use English in government. 
One particular dialect, Chancery Standard, was used.
So I'll give the benefit of the doubt to Andrel. And he has 27 seconds 
left on the subject of "Pi Day of the century"

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Regards
     Stephen

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