Вопрос по английскому. Откуда вторые названия у цифр: eighty = fourscore, sixty = threescore, и т.д.? Robin the Bobbin, the big-bellied Ben,
He ate more meat than *fourscore* men;
He ate a cow, he ate a calf,
He ate a butcher and a half,
He ate a church, he ate a steeple,
He ate the priest and all the people!
A cow and a calf,
An ox and a half,
A church and a steeple,
And all the good people,
And yet he complained
That his stomach wasn't full.
Вопрос по английскому. Откуда вторые названия у цифр: eighty = fourscore, sixty = threescore, и т.д.? Robin the Bobbin, the big-bellied Ben,
He ate more meat than *fourscore* men;
He ate a cow, he ate a calf,
He ate a butcher and a half,
He ate a church, he ate a steeple,
He ate the priest and all the people!
A cow and a calf,
An ox and a half,
A church and a steeple,
And all the good people,
And yet he complained
That his stomach wasn't full.
He ate more meat than *fourscore* men;
He ate a cow, he ate a calf,
He ate a butcher and a half,
He ate a church, he ate a steeple,
He ate the priest and all the people!
A cow and a calf,
An ox and a half,
A church and a steeple,
And all the good people,
And yet he complained
That his stomach wasn't full.
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В староанглийском языке существовала практика использования необычных числовых систем. Например, слово "fourscore" означает "четыре раза по двадцать" или 80. Точное происхождение этих вторых названий у чисел неизвестно, возможно, это было просто вариантами употребления чисел в повседневном общении.