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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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On Thu, 1 Aug 2024 17:56:49 -0700, Dimensional Traveler
<[email protected]> wrote:

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?

He was a cofounder of the wheel development company

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