Introduction


Can each day be headlined by a word (or two) and represented by a single sentence?

Will they, in turn, weave together to form a tapestry of the year?

It may be more mundane than momentous, but it’s mine to share.

Tuesday, 24 March 2015

Roman Numerals

Some desk research today on two topics, one business and one pleasure: first, the roman numeral system, which is not the most logical – why can’t 45 be VL instead of XLV, why is 99 XCIX and not IC – but a knowledge is required for my primary year 4 learner, so it had to be bottomed; second was an initial attempt to fill in gaps in my knowledge of the chronology of the kings and queens of England, cruelly exposed in recent quizzes, and particularly confusing with all those Henries and Edwards, distinguished only (before now) by their roman numerals.

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