I remember that in the dim and distant past of my schooldays, we were briefly taught
about Roman Numerals and what numbers V and C amounted to in decimal. If I rightly
remember, it was a history lesson!!
Imagine if we still had to use these and tried to multiply or divide MCMXXIX by
XXVIV!! And the best of British luck to you!!
Incidentally, up until the mid-to-late seventies, all BBC-TV programmes were all dated
by arabic numbers but, for reasons best known to themselves, they have since dated all
their programs with roman Numerals!! At the moment, we have MMII for 2002!!
Some cynical souls have suggested the BBC have done this so the general public won't
realise how many mouldy old repeats (re-runs to you) the BBC are serving up!!
Tch!! Some people!!
Regards,
Steve.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Joseph B. Reid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 1:44 AM
Subject: [USMA:18622] Re: Roman legacy
> Ma Be wrote in USMA 18620:
>
> >On Fri, 8 Mar 2002 12:55:57
> > M R wrote:
> >>If "miles" were "most ancient and precious
> >>possession",
> >>then the old Roman numerals like
> >>I - 1
> >>V - 5
> >>X - 10
> >>are also precious, do they want to go back to those
> >>numerals. By the way, do the schools in Europe teach
> >>these numerals still.
> >>
> >>Madan...
> >
> >I know you asked about Europe, but I'd like to share how it is in SA. At
> >least as far as Brazil is concerned we still pretty much teach Roman
> >numerals. Wasn't it too long ago that movie production reckoning was
> >still being done using them? However, it seems that this industry did
> >away with that practice (Tata! It was about time...).
> >
> >Marcus
>
>
> The movies date their films in Rman numerals to conceal the date, not to
> reveal it.
>
> Joseph B.Reid
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> Toronto M5P 1C8 TEL. 416-486-6071
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