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Unbridled9 04/11/22 10:59:09 AM #1: |
Like, it shows up NOWHERE else and Latin is a dead language (that seems to come up all the freaking place), but in movie, game, and even book titles we use them for numbering sequels and it seems to cross even language barriers. So why do we do it? --- No more shall man have wings to bear him to paradise. Henceforth, he shall walk. - Venat ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Lokarin 04/11/22 11:08:01 AM #2: |
Because ancient rome invented the sequel --- "Salt cures Everything!" My YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Nirakolov/videos ... Copied to Clipboard!
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pedro45 04/11/22 11:26:28 AM #3: |
It looks cool --- Warning: Sometimes biased http://i.imgur.com/V0x5fw8.jpg http://i.imgur.com/IOovUge.gif http://i.imgur.com/zw7bqPH.jpg ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Fam_Fam 04/11/22 12:27:38 PM #4: |
who is "we"? I don't name movies ... Copied to Clipboard!
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ParanoidObsessive 04/11/22 12:43:49 PM #5: |
Unbridled9 posted... Like, it shows up NOWHERE else Super Bowl numbering? Outline headings? Clocks and watches? Act numbers in plays? Lines of descent? Showing the date on stuff like coins, copyright notices at the end of credits, and on buildings? They show up a LOT of different places. Basically, they became obsolete in functions where math is implied, because Arabic numerals (which is itself a misnomer, because they were invented in India) are better for those sorts of things, especially once you add in the zero. But they're still used in ceremonial or traditional settings, especially when someone is trying to convey a sense of legacy or antiquity or classiness. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family ... Copied to Clipboard!
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adjl 04/11/22 12:56:38 PM #6: |
ParanoidObsessive posted... But they're still used in ceremonial or traditional settings, especially when someone is trying to convey a sense of legacy or antiquity or classiness. Pretty much exactly this. They're used because they're ancient and obsolete, which makes them feel fancier. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Kyuubi4269 04/11/22 1:31:22 PM #7: |
It's weightier, like MCMXCVII. --- Doctor Foxx posted... The demonizing of soy has a lot to do with xenophobic ideas. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Adam_Savage 04/11/22 2:51:40 PM #8: |
pedro45 posted... It looks cool --- sing to me 'cause i can't hear myself through the loudness of my own hurts ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Metalsonic66 04/12/22 12:13:32 AM #9: |
Roman numerals are often used to signify scale/chord degrees in music --- PSN/Steam ID: Metalsonic_69 Big bombs go kabang. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Metalsonic66 04/12/22 12:14:45 AM #10: |
Lokarin posted... Because ancient rome invented the sequelGreek Mythology 2: Aquaduct Boogaloo --- PSN/Steam ID: Metalsonic_69 Big bombs go kabang. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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xGhostchantx 04/12/22 12:53:52 AM #12: |
tradition and a misplaced sense of it being more formal or superior. same reason why so many latinates still exist in English. the aristocracy spoke French so it became a prestige language. additionally, numbers have always been written in Latin format in English since at least ~600-700AD when the futhorc stopped being used; unless the word for the number is written; Arabic numerals didn't enter English until the 13th/14th centuries, at which point English is readable and understandable for any modern speaker. on six dagum eoran dle (Christ and Satan) "on the sixth day, the Earth's dale [was made]" XXX and C isses lifes (Genesis A,B) "30 and 100 [of] these lives" ... Copied to Clipboard!
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