Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Chinese Roman Numerals

Pam and I bought a huge wall clock on eBay for the wall above the stairs to our basement. After I finally got it hung on the wall and we were staring in admiration, I noticed something strange. The numbers on the clock are in large Roman numerals, but instead IV for 4, it reads IIII.

I grabbed the instructions and checked. Sure enough - made in China. I guess Chinese Romans count a little different.

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