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What do you mean by XIX and XX? Thanks for the link to the caganer! Holy crap, that is amazing.
by bckr 3y ago
What do you mean by XIX and XX?
Thanks for the link to the caganer!
Holy crap, that is amazing.
- uptime 3y agoPerfect summary, well done.
- 082349872349872 3y agoXIX: nineteenth century; XX: twentieth century; we're in the XXI now (even if we don't seem to be acting much like it) [nb. this notation is (without red ink?) unsuitable for dates before the Age of Pisces]
- bckr 3y agoIs this some occultism thing?
- 082349872349872 3y agoRoman numerals denoting centuries is a historian thing. I mentioned "Age of Pisces" just because it seriously annoys me that years go from 1 BC to 1 AD with no 0. (inspired by: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38761574 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38761574 )