weird@sub.wetshaving.social to memes@lemmy.world · 1 year agoAt least we're not mixing in letterssub.wetshaving.socialimagemessage-square56linkfedilinkarrow-up132arrow-down11
arrow-up131arrow-down1imageAt least we're not mixing in letterssub.wetshaving.socialweird@sub.wetshaving.social to memes@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square56linkfedilink
minus-squareTheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoi’m pretty sure that IV is a modern typographic thing
minus-squareNιƙƙιDιɱҽʂ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-21 year agoI’ve also heard that, because in Latin IV is the beginning of “IVPPITER” (Jupiter), there’s a theory that people avoided using “IV” as to not “disrespect” the god’s name. 🤷♀️ Also, on a 12 hour clock, 3 sets of four looks clean af I guess, e.g.: I, II, III, IIII V, VI, VII, VIII IX, X, XI, XII
minus-squareRufus Q. Bodine III@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoMay as well just go with VIIII then. Or maybe 9.
minus-squareTrackinDaKraken@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoPrevents confusion between the four and the six: III, IV, V, VI, when the watch is not held perfectly vertically for viewing.
minus-squareSylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoActually very common in watches with roman numbers iirc
minus-squarebluewing@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoEven the French figured out that decimalized time was stupid after a couple of years. Which has added credence to the old saying that “The French follow no one. And no one follows the French.”
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoWhy is it stupid beyond, “nobody else uses it”?
The french:
Why the ‘IIII’ insted of ‘IV’?
i’m pretty sure that IV is a modern typographic thing
I’ve also heard that, because in Latin IV is the beginning of “IVPPITER” (Jupiter), there’s a theory that people avoided using “IV” as to not “disrespect” the god’s name. 🤷♀️
Also, on a 12 hour clock, 3 sets of four looks clean af I guess, e.g.:
May as well just go with VIIII then. Or maybe 9.
IIIIIIIII
Prevents confusion between the four and the six: III, IV, V, VI, when the watch is not held perfectly vertically for viewing.
Actually very common in watches with roman numbers iirc
Goddamn metric time
Even the French figured out that decimalized time was stupid after a couple of years.
Which has added credence to the old saying that “The French follow no one. And no one follows the French.”
Why is it stupid beyond, “nobody else uses it”?