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>Interestingly the six most used Roman numerals were IVXLDM which sum to 666.

two things about this:
1) D used more than C?
2) IVXLDC sum to 666; M is 1000??




Duh.
tsuwm, you forget. The "M" stands for 1000 or "mysterium".
Remove the "mysterium" by subtracting 1000 and we have the mystery revealed - 666- the mark of the beast.

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>Interestingly the six most used Roman numerals were IVXLDM which sum to 666.

two things about this:
1) D used more than C?
2) IVXLDC sum to 666; M is 1000??




Duh.
tsuwm, you forget. The "M" stands for 1000 or "mysterium".
Remove the "mysterium" by subtracting 1000 and we have the mystery revealed - 666- the mark of the beast.




d'oh. C wasn't included, Milo, so you're left with 1566, or by your math 566 (which I believe is the mark of Bugs Bunny).

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the mark of Bugs Bunny

Of course, I ain't much into number-loggy, but the mark of the beast is sometimes XIC (in Greek, or 616) rather than DCLXVI (in Latin, or 666). See Some Recently Published NT Papyri From Oxyrhynchus: An Overview and Preliminary Assessment by Peter M Head (2000).


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the mark of the beast is sometimes XIC (in Greek, or 616)




Xpictos IeCous?

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Xpictos IeCous?

X = 600; I = 10; C = 6.


Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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How did you find this board if you don't subscribe to A Word A Day?





Thank you. I do subscribe but for some reason when I glanced through I didn't spot the words@wordsmith.org. This brings to mind a point to share. At 5am I am sound asleep counting Sixty million sheep in New Zealand while everyone in the U.S. is discussing the next word which I haven't recieved yet!

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Try counting just 30 or 40 sheep. No wonder you've just fallen sound asleep at 5 am if you had to count all 60 million everynight.

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I should count the sheep when I'm awake as well rather than counting them when I'm asleep.

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A most kind, helpful, patient, and tactful contributor has brought to my attention in a private message something I've probably been told before somewhat less endearingly but owing to my imminent senility I had forgotten, and that was the "today's word" button clear at the bottom of the index

Evidently today's is "chatoyant," a Type-3 word for Type-1, "cat's eye"; Type-2, "iridescent"; or "shimmering" somewhere inbetween

The first is recognized by neither Bill Gates nor Google's spellcheck although I readily concede both were compiled by and for morons

Forgive me Bill, but I do love you for your amicable demeanor and charitable works


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I just (re)discovered the word hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia in my wwftd backlog.

I can't imagine why I haven't used it yet..

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