Re: [OT] Curious about persian page numbers

From: Anto'nio Martins-Tuva'lkin (antonio@tuvalkin.web.pt)
Date: Thu Nov 21 2002 - 13:29:08 EST

  • Next message: Anto'nio Martins-Tuva'lkin: "Re: Morse code"

    On 2002.11.19, 13:50, Marco Cimarosti <marco.cimarosti@essetre.it>
    wrote:

    > (Thinking of it, this is the probably also the reason why Roman
    > numerals in page numbers are lowercase: to avoid confusing pages I and
    > II with pages 1 and 11.)

    At least in Portugal, roman numbers are *never* lower case.

    -- ____.
    António MARTINS-Tuválkin, | ()|
    <antonio@tuvalkin.web.pt> |####|
    R. Laureano de Oliveira, 64 r/c esq. |
    PT-1885-050 MOSCAVIDE (LRS) Não me invejo de quem tem |
    +351 917 511 549 carros, parelhas e montes |
    http://www.tuvalkin.web.pt/bandeira/ só me invejo de quem bebe |
    http://pagina.de/bandeiras/ a água em todas as fontes |



    This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.5 : Thu Nov 21 2002 - 14:52:01 EST