Re: Types of numerals
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, January 5, 2006, 3:30 |
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On 1/4/06, caeruleancentaur <caeruleancentaur@...> wrote:
> Carsten Becker wrote:
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> >>That's my 2 ct for today,
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> John Vertical <johnvertical@H...> wrote:
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> >"Ct"? Interesting, I've before only seen "c" and "cn" used.
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> Both "c." and "ct." are correct abbreviations for "cent." "Cn." is
> not.
I've only seen ct. and ¢., other than in
restricted-character-availability environments - but there the c is
understood to represent ¢.
Maybe we should adopt "d" now that the UK isn't using it anymore. We
do call one-cent pieces "pennies" informally. :)
Hm. Is there an etymological relationship beween "penny" and
"denarius", or was it just a case of using Latin because That's What
Was Done?
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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
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