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On 8/1/2024 12:24 PM, John W Kennedy wrote:
> On 6/17/24 4:16 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>> xkcd: 1.2 Kilofives
>>     https://xkcd.com/2946/
>>
>> Not everyone is happy with Lincoln's numbering skills.
> 
> One might object here that “score”, in the sense of “twenty”, has been 
> in continuous use in English since before the Conquest. One might as 
> well credit Elon Musk for inventing the Wheel.
> 
You mean he hasn't already claimed to have done that?

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