WHY DO THEY NOT USE THE CORRECT ROMAN FIGURE IV
2006-09-16 04:52:15 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Stop being the smart **** and assuming you are always correct.
2006-09-16 06:04:57 · answer #1 · answered by Raymo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The growing ignorance of classical and ancient things...I have noticed this too. But people don't learn these things anymore. Latin stopped being offered in normalized schools in the 1960's.
2006-09-16 12:05:52 · answer #2 · answered by anna 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are both correct, I suppose they are doing the one that they believe the eye would recognise most easily at a glance.
2006-09-16 11:56:34 · answer #3 · answered by Jay 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't know...I always thought 4 was IV too.
2006-09-16 11:55:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1111 is also Correct!
2006-09-16 11:54:53 · answer #5 · answered by whynotaskdon 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
:O i have never noticed that before :O so strange but fraid i dont have an answer for u
2006-09-16 12:25:33 · answer #6 · answered by stevenhrtnt 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
obviously was an error on someones part. certainly didn't know what they were doing did they ?
2006-09-16 11:56:32 · answer #7 · answered by Marvin R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because it looks nice
2006-09-16 11:56:51 · answer #8 · answered by pps 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe they are american clocks. they dumb a lot of stuff down.
2006-09-16 12:13:04 · answer #9 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
gzngfn
2006-09-16 12:00:55 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋