Stupid people in the ST '09 Fandom

Really enjoyed reading some stuff I found in the new Star Trek Reboot fandom. Some awfully good writers out there.

However, there is a pet peeve that is driving me CRAZY with all the writers out there.

People:

THE ROMAN NUMERAL NINE IS NOT WRITTEN OR TYPED IN THE FORM OF...."XI."

Dudes, that's eleven, NOT nine.

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You see my point? It's annoying.

If you want to write NINE in roman numerals, it's IX. Because one is I, two is II, three is III, FOUR is IV, five is V, six is VI, seven is VII, eight is VIII and NINE IS IX, while ten is X. The placement of the "ones" is what determines whether the number is larger or smaller. If it's placed in front of the larger number, then it's like saying "subtract this from the above." So technically you could write eight as IIX, but the convention is to write it VIII. Or, "five plus three" in other words. So putting the one AFTER the larger number makes it BIGGER. Thus, I+X is nine, but X+I is eleven. That's the formal convention, anyway.

ARRRG. I learned this in latin and spanish literature classes. Because classic spanish literature uses the convention of roman numerals to number the chapters. So DUH.

Can someone PLEASE GET A CLUE?

Mrr.

And my apologies to singingintime, who is an awesome writer, but her site did have a good example of this error (and I saw a lot on other sites....but her's was the one with the tab open, so I used it as an example). Which is why there's a link to her stuff above. You don't have to read it, to see the "xi"-ness.

On another note, spent the day cleaning and baking. Yum for scones!