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Comment by thaumasiotes

2 years ago

Yes, D and M are letters.

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Y_Y  2 years ago

Symbols like that can represent all sorts of things, and numbers are no exception! In fact the Romans had been using other letters to represent their numbers since Etruscan times. Wait until you hear the torrid history of the character V (and its "misrepresentation" U).

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