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-square6fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up12arrow-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-square6fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRhaedas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 days agoIV and IX don’t make sense when it could be done more intuitively by IIII and VIIII.
minus-squareGuyFawkes@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoFewer axe marks. IIII = 4 IV = 3 IX = 3 VIIII = 6
minus-squareRhaedas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 days agoSure, but OP is talking about fingers as representation, not markings. Your point is exactly why they did it in writing.
IV and IX don’t make sense when it could be done more intuitively by IIII and VIIII.
Fewer axe marks.
IIII = 4 IV = 3
IX = 3 VIIII = 6
Sure, but OP is talking about fingers as representation, not markings. Your point is exactly why they did it in writing.