craigb Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 13 minutes ago, Notes_Norton said: Perhaps gender would get by the auto-censor. If not $ex should do, but that opens another can of worms A can of worms or a case of crabs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notes_Norton Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 10 minutes ago, craigb said: A can of worms or a case of crabs? Good point! Getting around the auto-censor can be a pain in the ***** sometimes. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveStrummerUK Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 (edited) I'm pretty certain the use of the word in regards to the 'score' of a sports match goes back to the early days of cricket in England. For illiterate peasants and/or those unable to afford or have access to pen and paper, a notch or a 'score' would be made on a stick to permanently record the number of runs a batsman had made. I'd imagine 'top notch' and 'a cut above' have similar etymologies. Edited July 13, 2019 by SteveStrummerUK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigb Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 Score one for Strummy! ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corrado Prizzi Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 (edited) It's actually an old Norwegian word! Skor It means to mark. I read it was used by farmers who would count twenty of their sheep and make a mark in a stick, rather than a mark for each sheep. Hence. score also means twenty. Famously: The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. Psalms 90 Edited July 14, 2019 by Corrado Prizzi typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abacab Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 On 7/12/2019 at 8:28 PM, RBH said: There's a version of the work score that has reference with ...... uh......... certain good fortunes with the opposite *****.... Say no more - nudge nudge.. Wow I guess I should have spelled that sects..... score 1 for artificial intelligence. Or you could have tried spelling s e x ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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