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a translation of @euphoric_cat’s illegible post
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per C
The % symbol is based on the arabic numeral 0.
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ᴘᴀᴇɴɪᴛᴇᴛ & ᴅᴏʟᴇᴏ
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Whoa whoa whoa no e of that fancy new age Roman hippie crap.
It's XXVIIII per c, LVII per c, XIIII per c None of that SuBtRaCt stuff thpppppt
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29, 57, 14
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Bingo!
Sir we haven't even given the fourth num-
BINGO!
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That’s numberwang!
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rip euphoric_cat
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Oh no — what happened?
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he/she deleted his/her account
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The percent symbol is based on Arabic numerals too
OH FVCK
lol v dvmbass
Um actually…
Latin: per centum
Italian per cento
Abbreviated to p. cento
Then just pc with a loop for the o in cento
Then the fraction bar came around to sub for per, the c became a circle, and % was born.
(Most of this after the adoption of Arabic numerals)
The c became a circle is nonsense. The two circles in % denote the two zeros in 100, as they denote the three zeros in thousand/per mille: ‰.