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Re: On the death of Philip III of Spain

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by: dsh - Sat, 4 Dec 2021 15:59 UTC

On Sun, 29 Nov 2020 18:26:04 -0800 (PST)
Nan Elizabeth Jorgensen <nancybetsjorgy@gmail.com> 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 <sg...@pi.net> 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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