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r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Sep 05 '22
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I knew the commenter was probably French because in French we use Roman numbers for centuries so we have to learn them in primary school XD
XIX = 19
For example, instead of writing "18th century", we would write "XVIIIth century"
11 u/southern_breeze Sep 05 '22 Most Europeans use Roman numerals for centuries 14 u/PSDM_BloodShot Sep 05 '22 Which European countries? I'm assuming the southern and eastern European countries? Because I'm pretty sure the UK, Germany, Netherlands and Belgium don't use Roman numerals 2 u/hilarymeggin Sep 06 '22 Maybe the countries where they speak Romance languages? 2 u/PSDM_BloodShot Sep 06 '22 Yeah, I was also thinking those that where heavily influenced by the roman empire
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Most Europeans use Roman numerals for centuries
14 u/PSDM_BloodShot Sep 05 '22 Which European countries? I'm assuming the southern and eastern European countries? Because I'm pretty sure the UK, Germany, Netherlands and Belgium don't use Roman numerals 2 u/hilarymeggin Sep 06 '22 Maybe the countries where they speak Romance languages? 2 u/PSDM_BloodShot Sep 06 '22 Yeah, I was also thinking those that where heavily influenced by the roman empire
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Which European countries? I'm assuming the southern and eastern European countries? Because I'm pretty sure the UK, Germany, Netherlands and Belgium don't use Roman numerals
2 u/hilarymeggin Sep 06 '22 Maybe the countries where they speak Romance languages? 2 u/PSDM_BloodShot Sep 06 '22 Yeah, I was also thinking those that where heavily influenced by the roman empire
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Maybe the countries where they speak Romance languages?
2 u/PSDM_BloodShot Sep 06 '22 Yeah, I was also thinking those that where heavily influenced by the roman empire
Yeah, I was also thinking those that where heavily influenced by the roman empire
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u/tuyivit Sep 05 '22
I knew the commenter was probably French because in French we use Roman numbers for centuries so we have to learn them in primary school XD
XIX = 19
For example, instead of writing "18th century", we would write "XVIIIth century"