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minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoExplanation: “V” is the Roman numeral for “5”. So by holding up two fingers in the form of a V, this fellow’s Roman classmate is trying to tell him “5” instead of “2”.
minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 months agoWell, axially, 🤓 Roman Ⅴ was chosen as the letter best approximating the look of the 🖐️ gesture, while Ⅰ corresponds to ☝️ and Ⅹ to 🫲🫱. Edit: turns out this is a hypothesis. Romans probably used other hand counting systems anyway.
Explanation: “V” is the Roman numeral for “5”. So by holding up two fingers in the form of a V, this fellow’s Roman classmate is trying to tell him “5” instead of “2”.
Well, axially, 🤓
Roman Ⅴ was chosen as the letter best approximating the look of the 🖐️ gesture, while Ⅰ corresponds to ☝️ and Ⅹ to 🫲🫱.
Edit: turns out this is a hypothesis. Romans probably used other hand counting systems anyway.