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Welcome to MMXXII. About X centuries ago "we" imported the Hindu-Arabic numerals. I know, Latin numbers carry the myth of being more "safe" but really you shoul
by firstcommentyo 4y ago
Welcome to MMXXII. About X centuries ago "we" imported the Hindu-Arabic numerals. I know, Latin numbers carry the myth of being more "safe" but really you should try the arabian numerals. They revolutionized math and eased reading text alongside.
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- rossvor 4y agoIt's a convention to use roman numerals for centuries in some european countries. Parent poster probably just done it out of habit.
- puszczyk 4y agoThanks, I wasn’t aware it is not a “global” convention and wasn’t sure what does the parent make fun of. One learns every day :) I will be more careful about this when writing centuries in English the next time. Also this poster on quora have a detailed list https://www.quora.com/Why-do-we-write-century-numbers-with-Indo-Arabic-numerals-in-English-if-other-European-languages-use-Roman-numerals https://www.quora.com/Why-do-we-write-century-numbers-with-I...