From: nancybetsjorgy@gmail.com   
      
   What the heck!?? Taking a class at Berkeley on Spain and Portugal up to the   
   17th C. Where the  h do these    
   "Surely II.V" and such come from?  Even from the explanation of the   
   differences between Spain and Portugal's numbers, I mean––where?    
      
   It was SPAIN'S Philip III   for god/goddess's sake, folks. He died in 1621, an   
   untimely 43 years old, which considering his long reigning  father and   
   grandfather Charles ( Carlos) V was a bit of a shock.    
   You're damn lucky you didn't have to keep track of the Alfonsos ( Afonsos)!!!!   
    Peace out ~~~~NJ   
      
      
   On Sunday, November 10, 1996 at 12:00:00 AM UTC-8, Simon Slavin wrote:   
   > In article <32847a24....@news.iol.ie>,   
   > spal...@iol.ie# (Nick Spalding) wrote:   
   > > san...@think.com.nospam (Daan Sandee) wrote:   
   > > >    
   > > > So the guy who got roasted was actually Philip II.5.   
   > >   
   > > Surely II.V?   
   > There's nothing special about base ten. YM "II/". HTH.   
   > The '/' means 'half', should be smaller and represents a   
   > broken stick. Broken sticks link to fascists one way and   
   > Nazis another way: useful information in case anyone ever   
   > wants to terminate a thread -- not my intention in this   
   > case.    
   > Simon.   
   > --    
   > ... or, here's a thought, why don't we talk about SF for a while?   
   > -- Simon van Dongen  on rec.arts.sf.written   
   > Simon Slavin -- Computer Contractor Ordinaire. Junk email not welcome here.   
   > Will administer ISO 9000 and year 2000 certification tests for food.   
      
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