Re: Roman numeral for 4 should be iv not iiii

[Laura Conrad]

>>>>> "Geoff" == Geoff Horton <address@hidden> writes:

    >> Nobody in the USA uses Old Roman or even learns it in grade
    >> school.
    Geoff> "Nobody" is a little strong. I knew about it :)

I didn't know there was an extreme version where there was no
subtraction at all, but the Elizabethan music printers didn't subtract
from V, although they did from X.  So the fourth piece was IIII, but
the ninth one was IX.  Maybe we need Elizabethan Roman as well as Old
and New. :)

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