Possibly an archaic way? They also counted Base 12.
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cattywampas@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
I’ve never heard of crossing your fingers like that to indicate 10.
Trex202@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
cattywampas@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
The Romans didn’t use base 12. Roman numerals aren’t a positional system.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
What about V for 5? There’s only 2 people I ever saw make a V with their hand. Spock, and Vader.
No, not Darth Vader. I mean the OTHER Vader.
Apepollo11@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Back to the Future’s “Darth Vader from the planet Vulcan” begs to differ. 🖖
Trex202@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
It’s archaic, we just don’t count like this anymore. Probably not since adoption of Arabic Numbers
FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website 4 weeks ago
Then you haven’t been to China. It’s a shorthand gesture there. The character for ten is 十 so I’m not sure if the gesture informed the character or the other way around. What is noteworthy is just that both cultures ended up with a cross to denote ten.