[Balin] By vigor

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[Balin] By vigor

Postby BalinTheDwarf » Wed Feb 23, 2022 2:23 pm

It is often abbreviated as seven but more commonly seen as six. What?
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Re: [Balin] By vigor

Postby GalFisk » Wed Feb 23, 2022 2:42 pm

Roman numerals relevant? Arabic? Binary? Hexadecimal? Numbers in English? In other languages? Prefixes relevant? Such as hexa-/hepta-? Is it seen as six by humans? Is seeing it as six a result of a misconception? Is it appreviated in print? On the web? Is it a reasonable assumtio that OEDILFers have seen it? Abbreviated it themselves?
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Re: [Balin] By vigor

Postby BalinTheDwarf » Thu Feb 24, 2022 9:53 pm

Roman numerals relevant? Arabic? Binary? Hexadecimal? None of these Numbers in English? In other languages? Language is irrel Prefixes relevant? Such as hexa-/hepta-? No to all Is it seen as six by humans? Yes Is seeing it as six a result of a misconception? No Is it appreviated in print? No, with a reeeeal stretch of a Yope On the web? No Is it a reasonable assumtio that OEDILFers have seen it? Yes Abbreviated it themselves? Some, probably
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Re: [Balin] By vigor

Postby GalFisk » Fri Feb 25, 2022 7:06 am

Seen as: perceived by eyes? Understood? Heard by ears? Thought about? Are the relevant numbers visible? Spoken? Hidden? Does the way they're represented cause the discrepancy? Computers relevant? Other electronics? Statistics relevant? Probabilities? Games? Gambling? Cheese?
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Re: [Balin] By vigor

Postby Biograd1 » Fri Feb 25, 2022 7:11 am

Is "it" a list of things in a certain category? and "abbreviated as" means that often only seven, or six, of these things are commonly mentioned, although there exist more?
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Re: [Balin] By vigor

Postby Earnestnew » Sat Feb 26, 2022 9:57 am

Hi all!!!
Earnest is back :) :D

Is it abbreviated in written language? Spoken language? In a paint?
Is it abbreviated in official documents? Screens? Printed papers? Books? Newspapers? Every time one writes it?
It's the number of continents relevant? Is a convention relevant? Is biology/chemistry? Is the abbreviation in seven convenient? If so, because it prevents something to happen? Because it allows mathematical computations? Because it prevents some misunderstanding? are units of measures relevant?

more commonly seen as six = is it commonly seen: on houses addresses? on price tags? on airplanes? In public places? on phones? On dice? In signatures?
When abbreviated, is it seen as seven? "7"?"VII"? Is it seen as "6"? as "Six"? As "VI"? Can it be confused with a 9?
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Re: [Balin] By vigor

Postby Earnestnew » Sat Feb 26, 2022 10:00 am

Hi all!!!
Earnest is back :) :D

Is it abbreviated in written language? Spoken language? In a paint?
Is it abbreviated in official documents? Screens? Printed papers? Books? Newspapers? Every time one writes it?
It's the number of continents relevant? Is a convention relevant? Is biology/chemistry? Is the abbreviation in seven convenient? If so, because it prevents something to happen? Because it allows mathematical computations? Because it prevents some misunderstanding? are units of measures relevant?

more commonly seen as six = is it commonly seen: on houses addresses? on price tags? on airplanes? In public places? on phones? On dice? In signatures?
When abbreviated, is it seen as seven? "7"?"VII"? Is it seen as "6"? as "Six"? As "VI"? Can it be confused with a 9?
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Re: [Balin] By vigor

Postby BalinTheDwarf » Mon Feb 28, 2022 3:47 pm

Seen as: perceived by eyes? This Understood? Heard by ears? Thought about? Are the relevant numbers visible? Yope Spoken? Yope Hidden? No Does the way they're represented cause the discrepancy? Yes Computers relevant? Other electronics? Statistics relevant? Probabilities? Games? Gambling? Cheese? None of these

Is "it" a list of things in a certain category? No and "abbreviated as" means that often only seven, or six, of these things are commonly mentioned, although there exist more? No

Hi all!!!
Earnest is back :) :D Welcome back!!

Is it abbreviated in written language? Spoken language? Spoken more often, but written is also possible In a paint?
Is it abbreviated in official documents? Screens? Printed papers? Books? Newspapers? Every time one writes it? No to all
It's the number of continents relevant? Is a convention relevant? Is biology/chemistry? Is the abbreviation in seven convenient? If so, because it prevents something to happen? Because it allows mathematical computations? Because it prevents some misunderstanding? are units of measures relevant? No to all

more commonly seen as six = is it commonly seen: on houses addresses? on price tags? on airplanes? In public places? This; No to reston phones? On dice? In signatures?
When abbreviated, is it seen as seven? "7"?"VII"? Is it seen as "6"? as "Six"? As "VI"? Can it be confused with a 9? No to all
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Re: [Balin] By vigor

Postby GalFisk » Mon Feb 28, 2022 10:09 pm

Rounding relevant? Time? Clocks? Money? Prices? Fractions? Decimals? The mental glitch that makes 6.99 feel significantly smaller than 7? Could it be abbreviated as 8 but seen as 7?
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Re: [Balin] By vigor

Postby Sundowner64 » Tue Mar 01, 2022 8:36 am

Six or seven letters?
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Re: [Balin] By vigor

Postby JohnFriday » Tue Mar 01, 2022 1:34 pm

Six or seven colours? If so, a rainbow?
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Re: [Balin] By vigor

Postby GalFisk » Tue Mar 01, 2022 7:01 pm

ROYGBIV relevant? Indigo often not seen as a separate color relevant?
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Re: [Balin] By vigor

Postby Biograd1 » Wed Mar 02, 2022 7:31 am

JohnFriday and Galfisk, you guys are clever with the title (at least I assume you got your guess from there)!
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Re: [Balin] By vigor

Postby BalinTheDwarf » Wed Mar 02, 2022 2:44 pm

Rounding relevant? Time? Clocks? Money? Prices? Fractions? Decimals? The mental glitch that makes 6.99 feel significantly smaller than 7? Could it be abbreviated as 8 but seen as 7? No to all

Six or seven letters? No

Six or seven colours? If so, a rainbow? Yes to both!

ROYGBIV relevant? Yes - that's the "abbreviated as seven" part Indigo often not seen as a separate color relevant? But not this

JohnFriday and Galfisk, you guys are clever with the title (at least I assume you got your guess from there)! You have indeed parsed the title!

Just missing one thing - where is it often seen as six?
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Re: [Balin] By vigor

Postby Sundowner64 » Wed Mar 02, 2022 3:31 pm

On flags?
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Re: [Balin] By vigor

Postby BalinTheDwarf » Mon Mar 14, 2022 2:03 pm

On flags? Yes.

****SPOILER****

The rainbow is often memorized by the acronym ROY G BIV, indicating its seven colors. However, when seen on pride flags, it is displayed as six colors.
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Re: [Balin] By vigor (*FLOWN*)

Postby Sarisberie » Tue Mar 22, 2022 1:08 am

Delightful.
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