Five and twenty past

[PrincessHoneysuckle]

Does anyone else say this meaning 24 past the hour? My dad is the only person I know who uses this term and hes 67

Never heard of it

My Nana used to say this! (North East England)

My parents say it, as well as five and twenty to for 25 minutes to the hour. They’re both in their 80s.

We are south Yorkshire

Ahh - reminds me of my lovely dad who died 17 years ago - think it must be a generational thing - he would have been 83 this year. Never heard anyone else saying it, certainly not lately- but brings back fond memories- he was a Londoner so not sure if it was a geographical thing?

Heard it for the first time ever last month funnily.

I'm North East England.
Never heard anyone use it.

My parents used to.
And my mum, usually in the context of someone's who's died, would say "it happened two weeks ago last Thursday" or something similar" wtf

My mum always says it, from north London

And my mum, usually in the context of someone's who's died, would say "it happened two weeks ago last Thursday"

What's wrong with that? I would say that when referencing something which happened, well....two weeks ago last Thursday! (Presuming I wasn't speaking on a Thursday, in which case I would obviously say '3 weeks ago')

Just out of interest what would you say?

My mum who would have been 90 said it, also Friday week etc

I’m from Yorkshire and it was quite common in the 50s-60s

What would I say? Possibly something like 'about 2-3 weeks ago. The 25th, or whatever', is what..

I say it - it means twenty five minutes past the hour.

My grandad would say it. It's delightfully old fashioned.

My mum and her Welsh-speaking family used to say it. In their case it was a direct transposition from the Welsh word order 'pum munud a'r ugain wedi'.

Both sets of grandad parents use it. West mids.

Grandad parents ?!?! Grandparents

Both my grandparents said this. One from Manchester and one from Kent.

Mil says this. West Yorkshire
Im from north Yorkshire and I'd never heard it until I met her. Only 18 miles away and it didn't travel

Could it be from the bible?

I know it says about the lifespan of a man being three score and ten years (A score is 20 ie a mans life is 70 years)

Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie......................

Also south yorkshire.

Used to hear it in my youth (60s now) but not heard it for a long time.

My DGran used to say it! Sometimes my DMum does, but not often. We're Brummies.

It's how German still does numbers.

I remember at Brownies playing a counting game where you counted to 90 in song and when you got to 20/50/80 sang the next ten that way. 'One and twenty, two and twenty, three and four and five and six and twenty...'