@Trex202@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 3 months agoRoman numerals could be based on what your hand looks like when you count.message-square29arrow-up158file-text
arrow-up158message-squareRoman numerals could be based on what your hand looks like when you count.@Trex202@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 3 months agomessage-square29file-text
minus-square@stoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilink3•3 months agoDid you forget about L/C/M? If I want to write my birth year, 1987, in roman numerals, I would need to write it like this: MCMLXXXVII To clarify: 1000+(-100+1000)+50+10+10+10+5+1+1
minus-squareKrafty KactuslinkfedilinkEnglish5•3 months agoL: Hand in an L shape C: Hand in a C shape M: index, middle, and ring fingers pointed down
minus-square@Trex202@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilink3•3 months agoThey didn’t have the year 1987 a thousand years ago.
minus-square@stoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilink7•3 months agoYou do understand that the number 1987 could also represent the amount of inventory someone had? Or have a lot of other uses?
Did you forget about L/C/M?
If I want to write my birth year, 1987, in roman numerals, I would need to write it like this:
MCMLXXXVII
To clarify:
1000+(-100+1000)+50+10+10+10+5+1+1
L: Hand in an L shape C: Hand in a C shape M: index, middle, and ring fingers pointed down
They didn’t have the year 1987 a thousand years ago.
You do understand that the number 1987 could also represent the amount of inventory someone had?
Or have a lot of other uses?