Sign of the times Super Bowl fans to spend plenty This month's other big sporting event returns Indy for 58th time Indy's homespun charm wins over East Coast Time ditch Roman numerals A preSuper refresher on Deciphering XLVI Is Greek Kids Rihanna Thug Life Tattoo Singer Inks Hands Like Tupac The Fifth Down Everything Invasion Numerals

A Rhyme To Remember Your Roman Numerals The Super Bowl is probably the one time of year when any of us bother to pay attention to roman numerals. This year it's 46, otherwise written as XLVI. Just can't keep your numerals straight? Ian Chillag and Michael Danforth of NPR's podcast How Do You Do That explain the subtleties of Roman Numerals for the watchers of Super Bowl XLVI. Deciphering the Super Bowl: XLVI is Greek to kids FILE- This Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012 file photo shows Roman numerals for Super bowl XLVI framing the Soldiers and Sailors Monument at Monument Circle as preparations continue for Super Bowl XLVI NFL football game in downtown Indianapolis. Super Bowl is the No. I event for Roman numerals The first week of February is the annual pinnacle of two things: groundhogs and Roman numerals. No other time of year drives more attention to these largely ignored items. Roman Numerals Becoming Ancient To Kids Kids LOL and OMG each other all the livelong day, but ask them to decipher the XLVI of this year's Super Bowl and you might as well be talking Greek. They may know what X means, or V and I, but Roman numerals beyond the basics have largely gone the way of cursive and penmanship as a subject in the nation's schools. Roman numerals are interesting, not just for making a football game look pompous EDITOR'S NOTE: This column originally forgot about "D", the character for 500 - the sentence has been corrected. . Not being what you would call a football fan, I'm not too excited about the Super Bowl – except for one thing: those awesome Roman numerals. Admittedly, "Super Bowl XLVI" is a tad pretentious, not to mention anachronistic. This is the computer age, so why doesn't the NFL use binary ... Roman numerals all Greek to the kids It's Super Bowl XLVI this year ... which means it's Super Bowl ... um ... uh ... As number of Super Bowls increase, its Roman numerals get trickier Kids LOL and OMG each other all the livelong day, but ask them to decipher the XLVI of this year's Super Bowl and you might as well be talking Greek. Roman numerals may have gone the way of cursive in elementary schools, but the Super Bowl offers students a refresher NEW YORK — Kids LOL and OMG each other all the livelong day, but ask them to decipher the XLVI of this year's Super Bowl and you might as well be talking Greek. Everything Indy: The Invasion of the Roman Numerals In Monument Circle in Indianapolis, the XLVI numerals are just one attraction in a city that has temporarily renamed its streets for N.F.L. teams. Meet you on Texans Terrace? Roman numerals for Super Bowl XLVI installed Tuesday Crews began placing the large Roman numerals statues on Monument Circle, in front of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument. Indianapolis-based Sport Graphics Inc. is handling the installation of giant Roman numerals that began going up Tuesday morning on the south side of Monument Circle.
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