I dunno where it comes from, but when telling the time, my mum says "it's a five and twenty to / past....(the hour)" instead of simply twenty five to / past.... whatever the hour is.
She only does it for 25.
Riddle me that. Does anyone else's mum do that?
nope but my dad used to use that phrase.
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I dunno where it comes from, but when telling the time, my mum says "it's a five and twenty to / past....(the hour)" instead of simply twenty five to / past.... whatever the hour is.
She only does it for 25.
Riddle me that. Does anyone else's mum do that?