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minus-squareniktemadur@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·edit-22 years agoA more compelling viewpoint was proposed by Woody Allen, back in his standup comedy days of the 1960s: “Why are our days numbered, and not say… lettered?”
minus-squareSlopppyEngineer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 years agoBecause Julius Caesar and Pope Gregory XIII decided on this when they made the calendar we use today. And nobody dared to say no to them.
minus-squareonion@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoThe irony of using letters to refer to that Greg
minus-squareGladaed@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoA number doesnt become a mere word, just because you representatives it in another way. A American style 1 also isnt A letter (written as “I”)
A more compelling viewpoint was proposed by Woody Allen, back in his standup comedy days of the 1960s:
“Why are our days numbered, and not say… lettered?”
Because Julius Caesar and Pope Gregory XIII decided on this when they made the calendar we use today. And nobody dared to say no to them.
The irony of using letters to refer to that Greg
A number doesnt become a mere word, just because you representatives it in another way. A American style 1 also isnt A letter (written as “I”)