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Comment on Roman numerals could be based on what your hand looks like when you count.
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I’ve always thought of them pretty much as fancy tally marks. The V and X aren’t even that different from how we do a strike-through every 5.
SnortsGarlicPowder@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
bingbong@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 days ago
X is just 2 V stuck together. Same for C being 2 L stuck together.
SnortsGarlicPowder@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
[deleted]bingbong@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 days ago
X is just 2 V stuck together. Same for C being 2 L stuck together.
SnortsGarlicPowder@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
X is just 2 V stuck together. Same for C being 2 L stuck together.
bingbong@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 days ago
X is just 2 V stuck together. Same for C being 2 L stuck together.
SnortsGarlicPowder@lemmy.zip 6 days ago
Wtf why did that go through 3 times?