Very interesting research . Let me know what you think.
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2007-01-17 21:47:32 · 8 answers · asked by His Servant 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
A score is twenty or a set of twenty units, so five score is a hundred. The word "score" was used until quite recent times to mean twenty; we still say "scores of (for instance) people" to indicate a large but not enormous number.
It has Biblical connotations, as in the psalm "The days of our age are threescore and ten" - in other words a natural life span is 70 years.
Of course the word has several other meanings too, such as number of points achieved in a competition (football scores etc) and it can also refer to a kind of grudge or wish for revenge, eg to have a score to settle with someone. Whether this is linked with the old meaning of score as a unit of 20 is not certain.
2007-01-17 22:08:30 · answer #1 · answered by Deleted 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A score is twenty years, therefore 5 score would be 100 years.
2007-01-17 21:51:32 · answer #2 · answered by Aliz 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Score - 20
Five score - 100
2007-01-17 21:50:10 · answer #3 · answered by penny century 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
50 years ago. Simple.
Sorry..... 100 years, a Score is 20.
2007-01-17 21:50:05 · answer #4 · answered by PsiKnight9 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A "score" is 20.
2007-01-17 21:48:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because Lincoln helped put an end to slavery and there was still segregation on the day of this speech.
2016-05-24 02:48:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
100 years ago
2007-01-17 21:49:59 · answer #7 · answered by Save the Fish 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
100.
5 score and ten = 110
2007-01-17 21:50:56 · answer #8 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋