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Sunday, February 15, 2009

Clock Blooper

4 comments:

  1. Not really a blooper, there's a history to this: http://www.ubr.com/clocks/frequently-asked-questions-faq/faq-roman-iiii-vs-iv-on-clock-dials.aspx

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  2. actually, IV is only a common change. For centuries, IIII was the norm.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_numerals#IIII_vs._IV

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  3. It's not much of a blooper, IIII was as acceptable as IV in Roman numerals. Plenty of examples in old literature....I'd drop this one if I was you...

    Top site though,

    Happy Subscriber.

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  4. This is correct!

    IIII i used because it visually balances VIII better than IV does.

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