[78-L] Years & years & years---WAS: Scads of Scans^

[Steven C. Barr]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Biel" <mbiel at mbiel.com>
> Royal Pemberton wrote:
>> 2010 will be MMX.  Happy new year MMIX BTW!
>> On 1/1/09, Steven C. Barr <stevenc at interlinks.net> wrote:
>>> The best wishes for MMIX!!!
>>> We already passed MM, one of the shortest Roman-Numeral
>>> years since the year I (?...!!)...NEXT year is MMI...!
>>> Comment ca va? Na und?!
> The year V, X, L, and M were pretty short also. 
> As well as C...and D...?! Or possibly I...? Trouble is, the useful
calendar had yet to be invented (The Romans DIDN'T realize
they had changed from 1 BC to 1 AD at the stroke of midnight...?!)
...further, M fell in the middle of the "Dark Ages," so minor details
like "Wotinell YEAR is it, anyway?!" were primarily being ignored...?!

...stevenc