minus-square@SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink8•4 months agoBecause Julius Caesar and Pope Gregory XIII decided on this when they made the calendar we use today. And nobody dared to say no to them.
minus-square@onion@feddit.delinkfedilink3•4 months agoThe irony of using letters to refer to that Greg
minus-square@Gladaed@feddit.delinkfedilink3•4 months agoA number doesnt become a mere word, just because you representatives it in another way. A American style 1 also isnt A letter (written as “I”)
Because Julius Caesar and Pope Gregory XIII decided on this when they made the calendar we use today. And nobody dared to say no to them.
The irony of using letters to refer to that Greg
A number doesnt become a mere word, just because you representatives it in another way. A American style 1 also isnt A letter (written as “I”)