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  • Why is a 20 called a score?

    牛津 大群 分数

    Questioner:Amelia Patel 2023-06-08 19:21:59
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  • Lucas Patel——Works at Amazon, Lives in Seattle, WA

    According to the Oxford English Dictionary, it's "presumably from the practice, in counting sheep or large herds of cattle, of counting orally from 1 to 20, and making a score or notch on a stick, before proceeding to count the next 20." The first citation for that use of the word score in the OED is in the year 1100.read more >>
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