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Re: Types of numerals

From:Ph.D. <phil@...>
Date:Thursday, January 5, 2006, 5:21
Tristan McLeay wrote:
> > I imagine the name "solidus" for "/" is somehow related > to its use in "11/14" for eleven shillings and fourteen > pence, but I don't know which was the cause-and-effect > is: was it called "solidus", after the currency because of > its use, or was it used because it had the same name?
"11/14" seems an odd amount. Wouldn't that be "12/2"? Sort of like saying "three dollars and 125 cents." --Ph. D.