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Originally Posted by j.p.s
Fourty. I now see see that all the top web search hits say it fell out of use over 200 years ago, but I remember being taught (much much less than 200 years ago) that either was acceptable.
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Hmm... Even the
1001 Nights (British spelling, 140 years old, even older language) uses "forty", but it might be the translator's/printer's oversight.