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[-] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

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.

[-] onion@feddit.de 3 points 6 months ago

The irony of using letters to refer to that Greg

[-] Gladaed@feddit.de 3 points 6 months ago

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")

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