From: dsh@nospam.invalid   
      
   On Sun, 29 Nov 2020 18:26:04 -0800 (PST)   
   Nan Elizabeth Jorgensen  wrote:   
      
   > 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.     
      
   i think i shouldnt consider portugal and spain's numbers as the same   
   thing   
      
   - dsh   
      
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