Notice anything? How about if I remind you that the Roman Numeral for 4 is "IV" not "IIII". Now do you notice something?
I don't know when, but years ago I noticed that many, many clocks with Roman Numerals get the 4 wrong.
What better way to commemorate the 4th of July then by talking about 4's.
God Bless America!
I was concerned about this, too, on a trip to Wal-mart a few years ago. I was told that this is done to differentiate it from the six. Regardless, I'd much rather have an IV than an IIII, or even a cuneiform clock. Why don't we have those???
ReplyDeleteMany excellent points Mr. Hunter. You even caused me to learn about cuneiform. And we are all better for it.
ReplyDeleteI believe that historically sometimes the number four was just written like that, but since standardization of everything, I would say it's incorrect to write four in this way, IIII instead of IV. (Of course I could be lying and made the whole thing up. Never can be sure.)
ReplyDeleteyeah, and have a look at the 5, 6, 7 & 8 they are all upside down.
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