Trex202@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 5 days agoRoman numerals could be based on what your hand looks like when you count.message-squaremessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up172arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up160arrow-down1message-squareRoman numerals could be based on what your hand looks like when you count.Trex202@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 5 days agomessage-square30fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarestoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 days 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 Kactus@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 days agoL: Hand in an L shape C: Hand in a C shape M: index, middle, and ring fingers pointed down
minus-squareTrex202@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down11·5 days agoThey didn’t have the year 1987 a thousand years ago.
minus-squarestoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up7·5 days 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?