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		Max-q on March 16, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: On clock faces, 4 is Expressed as IIII, not IV When talking about wrong usage of Roman numbers, the first that comes to mind is a well known, and much copied, tattoo that writes 1975 not as MCMLXXV.

djmips on March 16, 2024 [–]

Which is?...

Max-q on March 16, 2024 | [–]

Oh, I'm sorry, I thought everyone in the world had noticed

Justin Bieber has his mothers birth year tattooed on his chest:

I IX VII V

instead of:

MCMLXXV

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