Re: Why borrow 'seven'? (was: IE right & 10)

From: Richard Wordingham
Message: 34288
Date: 2004-09-24

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com,
"tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...>
wrote:

> Thank you. Unfortunately, in the
meanwhile I remembered that the
> Romans actually did divide the
month into three periods (Ides,
> Kalends, and I forgot the third).
Nones on the 7th/9th, so hardly
three equal divisions!
Richard.