NK - H e l p with Roman numerals

[Angus]

Thats the problem being a burned out old drunken junkie
I cant remember where I learned anything
It could have been an sca knowitall or a professor in college
or I could have readit in a magazine

bUt I am fairly sure it was a reliable source in chicago but I cannot
confirm it
-----Original Message-----
From: Marc Carlson <marc-carlson at utulsa.edu>
To: Northkeep at Ansteorra.ORG <Northkeep at Ansteorra.ORG>
Date: Wednesday, September 08, 1999 8:29 AM
Subject: Re: NK - H e l p with Roman numerals


>At 06:47 PM 9/7/99 -0500, Angus wrote:
>>Just so you know you can never use the same symbol more than twice in a
>>row...
>>
>>xiii is no good
>>xiiv is good
>>no one uses this any more and I have gotten to long DISCUSSIONS over this
>>trival point but if you want to be correct.....
>
>Um...  Interesting - I've never heard that.  Where did you learn this?
>
>Marc/Diarmaid