@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@RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink4•3 months agoI’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.
minus-square@SnortsGarlicPowder@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglish3•3 months agoX is just 2 V stuck together. Same for C being 2 L stuck together.
minus-square@bingbong@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilink1•3 months agoX is just 2 V stuck together. Same for C being 2 L stuck together.
minus-square@SnortsGarlicPowder@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglish1•3 months agoWtf why did that go through 3 times?
minus-square@bingbong@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilink1•3 months agoX is just 2 V stuck together. Same for C being 2 L stuck together.
minus-square@bingbong@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilink1•3 months agoX is just 2 V stuck together. Same for C being 2 L stuck together.
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.
X is just 2 V stuck together. Same for C being 2 L stuck together.
X is just 2 V stuck together. Same for C being 2 L stuck together.
Wtf why did that go through 3 times?
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X is just 2 V stuck together. Same for C being 2 L stuck together.
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X is just 2 V stuck together. Same for C being 2 L stuck together.