Latin and Roman numerals

[gibbo]

Ok serious question so dont laugh please redf)

Is Latin writing the same language as Roman numerals?

Such as hundreds of years ago if they were writing a letter in Latin and had to put a number in it would they have used a Roman numeral?

 

[gibbo]

I found the answer

Roman numerals, the numeric system used in ancient Rome, employs combinations of letters from the Latin alphabet to signify values.

Im so silly at times redf)

 

[DaveHam9]

That's one way of getting you post total higher. :biggrin:

 

[ptjw7]

Not so silly just difficult to get to grips with, seeing as we grow with the use of numbers.
I had difficulty understanding why someone had to invent 0 (zero) as the concept hadn't been seen before.

peter

 

[gibbo]

I was taught Roman numerals at school but nothing about Latin. Wonder why they taught roman numerals and we had a choose of French or German for a language If they were teaching roman numerals why not a choose of the Latin language

You could write roman numerals and do maths with it and speak French or German :2fun::2fun:

 

[gibbo]

That's one way of getting you post total higher. :biggrin:

I dont even know why they have a post count for? Is there a reason for it that im not aware of?

 

[DaveHam9]

Remember the good old days when you used to get an 'award' for reaching a certain post total.

Discontinued very soon after I joined. :biggrin:

 

[gibbo]

:biggrin:

Remember the good old days when you used to get a 'star' for reaching a certain post total.

Oh i did forget :2fun::2fun: Off to look at xmas lights. Back later :biggrin:

 

[DaveHam9]

I had no choice Latin for 3 years and French or German for 5 years.

 

[ianto73]

I did Latin and French and have duly forgotten most of it, apart from the odd French phrase. Because of my army service, at one time I could count to 100 in Welsh, French, German and Arabic and that other language which is now mostly slang-English. "Yes" & "No" are very rarely heard now!

 

[gibbo]

I invented my own language .... gibbo's lingo :biggrin:

 

[leefer]

I was once given detention at school for giving a teacher a couple of latin numerals with my fingers,the explanation by me that i was just trying to add 5 plus 5 in latin was met with a frown of such disdain.

 

[gibbo]

I was once given detention at school for giving a teacher a couple of latin numerals with my fingers,the explanation by me that i was just trying to add 5 plus 5 in latin was met with a frown of such disdain.

Sounds like you tried the back to front peace sign :biggrin:

 

[DaveHam9]

A trick question.

What's the longest number in Roman numerals?

 

[DaveHam9]

TROVE is fast today. :biggrin:

 

[gibbo]

TROVE is fast today. :biggrin:

I gather thats not the answer to your trick question? :2fun::2fun:

 

[gibbo]

A trick question.

What's the longest number in Roman numerals?

Ok you said the longest and not the highest so i say

2888 MMDCCCLXXXVIII is the longest :biggrin:

 

[DaveHam9]

Almost That is the answer for under 3000.

MMMDCCCLXXXVIII

M, C and X can be used 3 times but not D, L and V.

 

[gibbo]

Almost

MMMDCCCLXXXVIII

M, C and X can be used 3 times but not D, L and V.

Then google lied to me :2fun::2fun:

 

[DaveHam9]

Oh. :2fun:

It gets complicated afterwards with a bar on the top meaning multiply by 1000.