Comment on Are the Roman numerals based on what your hand look like when you count?

• Cruxifux@feddit.nl ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  …what? I am starting at my hand and turning it back and forth and I honestly have no idea what you’re talking about

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  • PearOfDees69@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Oh fuck… I get what you mean, i mean who knows they could’ve done this, although i can’t say for certain due to not being there nor being a historian lol, it cause also just be a coincidence or a shower thought. 🤔

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  • Trex202@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    IV (middle, index, thumb)

    VI (thumb, index, middle)

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    • ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      What

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    • Cruxifux@feddit.nl ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Nobody in the history of the world has ever held those three fingers up to mean four or six

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