Peanuts by Charles Schulz for October 03, 1963
October 02, 1963
October 04, 1963
Transcript:
Five look up at Snoopy, who sits on top of the doghouse: "Hi there, puppy dog," he says.<BR><BR> "My name is 5...I'm new in the neighborhood..." Snoopy sits on the ground and shakes hands with Five.<BR><BR> Snoopy watches as Five walks away.<BR><BR> Snoopy thinks, "I never get names straight..did he say V (Roman numeral) or 5 (Arabic numeral)?"<BR><BR>
Stormwyrm about 3 years ago
Interestingly, the Romans often enough used personal names that are number words in Latin. 5 would be “Quintus”, and his sisters 3 and 4 would be “Tertia” and “Quarta”. Personal names derived from numbers aren’t really rare in many other languages either, most notably in East Asian languages. For instance General Isoroku Yamamoto’s given name is written as 五十六, meaning ‘56’, the age of his father when he was born.
yow4zip Premium Member 7 months ago
Yes.