# British Style Roman Numerals?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-style-roman-numerals/258986>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 9, 2004, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-style-roman-numerals/258986 "2004-08-09T04:40:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2004, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-style-roman-numerals/258986/21 "2004-08-11T15:17:00Z")

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> [@postcards](#):
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> In the column that was linked earlier, I find it disturbing the the two addenda to the original question are headlined “A SITE FOR FOUR I’S, PART ONE” and “A SITE FOR FOUR I’S, PART TWO”.
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> Shouldn’t the first word be _ **Cite** _? As in ‘Citation’?

No… I assumed it meant site as in website, on which the answer is published. On further thought it might mean that a clockface is a “site” for four Is.

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