First of all, I'd be willing to bet XLIX.com is probably a porn sight. And if "X-licks" isn't the first that comes to mind, ex-lax probably is. I'd also like to know what percentage of people see "XLIX" and actually think "49" right away. If it's even 1 percent I'd be shocked.Not only that, but the logic to how the letters represent 49 is dumb to begin with--50 minus 10, plus 10 minus 1. Who would ever count that way? Why didn't those silly Romans just use "IL" instead?
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I'm not trying to be argumentative here. (I actually wish they'd use years rather than Super Bowl 42, Wrestlemania 12 or the 82nd World Series.)
ReplyDeleteBut there is a reasonable logic to Roman numerals -- it corresponds to the concept of place value, i.e. ones, tens, hundreds, etc. It works that way on both sides of the decimal point -- though I must admit I've never seen a Roman numeral with a decimal point.
I only know this shit because I was inundated while attending Boston Latin School, which incidentally opened in MDCXXXV.
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/USA-Update/2015/0126/Why-does-the-Super-Bowl-use-Roman-numerals
Yeah, I agree, and obviously the Romans knew what they were doing, I just think it's funny how long the numbers can get unnecessarily. Using the year absolutely makes more sense, but I do understand the logic for not doing it that way because they game takes place in a different year then the season did...
DeleteI'm not trying to be argumentative here. (I actually wish they'd use years rather than Super Bowl 42, Wrestlemania 12 or the 82nd World Series.)
ReplyDeleteBut there is a reasonable logic to Roman numerals -- it corresponds to the concept of place value, i.e. ones, tens, hundreds, etc. It works that way on both sides of the decimal point -- though I must admit I've never seen a Roman numeral with a decimal point.
I only know this shit because I was inundated while attending Boston Latin School, which incidentally opened in MDCXXXV.
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/USA-Update/2015/0126/Why-does-the-Super-Bowl-use-Roman-numerals