Or even MCMXCIX . . . .
Ian T.
At 10:45 23/11/99 +0000, you wrote:
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>--- joseph pope <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Dear Ian T.,
>> Please be informed that the Vatican Press has used MIM this
>> year
>> also and so did I for my latest book.
>> Joe Pope
>
>Surely the Roman system of numerals was the most awkward, difficult and
>unhelpful system ever invented? Was Europe not well-advised to drop it
>like a stone when the much more sensible Arabic system became
>available? Then why do we argue whether it is right to say MIM or
>MDCCCCLXXXXIX? Both are lunacy incarnate when compared with the
>elegant 1999.
>
>Oriens.
>
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