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minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzechlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·edit-21 month agoWell, axially, 🤓 Roman Ⅴ was chosen as the letter best approximating the look of the 🖐️ gesture, while Ⅰ corresponds to ☝️ and Ⅹ to 🫲🫱. Edit: turns out this is a hypothesis. Romans probably used other hand counting systems anyway.
minus-squareLarmyOfLone@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month ago✌ symbolizes bunny ears, mocking the stupid bird Alternatively the roman is just missing Ⅲ fingers from his 🖐️ and it’s abelism
minus-squareegrets@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoGot a source for that? My understanding was that the Romans based their numerals on the older Etruscan system, in which the V was upside-down and therefore even less hand-shaped.
minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzechlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·1 month agoWhen I was taught this at school, it was presented as fact, but apparently it’s a hypothesis
Well, axially, 🤓
Roman Ⅴ was chosen as the letter best approximating the look of the 🖐️ gesture, while Ⅰ corresponds to ☝️ and Ⅹ to 🫲🫱.
Edit: turns out this is a hypothesis. Romans probably used other hand counting systems anyway.
✌ symbolizes bunny ears, mocking the stupid bird
Alternatively the roman is just missing Ⅲ fingers from his 🖐️ and it’s abelism
Got a source for that? My understanding was that the Romans based their numerals on the older Etruscan system, in which the V was upside-down and therefore even less hand-shaped.
When I was taught this at school, it was presented as fact, but apparently it’s a hypothesis