Why is NUMBER abbreviated as "No."?

[iamme]

Can anyone explain this to me? Last time I checked, there's no "o" in "number".

 

[Ameesh]

cause it makes more sense then abbreviating it "Mu."

 

[gopunk]

it's an abbreviation for numero, a form of the latin "numerus"

 

[amnesiac]

Why can't people use google?

Can anyone explain this to me? Last time I checked, there's no.....ah, screw it, I'm just being an ass.

(The answer you seek is in the link)

 

[Zenmervolt]

Because if it was "Nu" we'd have people pronouncing it "noo" and that just leads to problems as shown below:

BEDEMIR: Noo! Noo!
ARTHUR: No, no, no, no -- it's not that, it's 'nee'.
BEDEMIR: Noo!
ARTHUR: No, no -- 'nee'. You're not doing it properly.
BEDEMIR: Noo! Nee!
ARTHUR: That's it, that's it, you've got it.

ZV

 

[iamme]

Originally posted by: amnesiac 2.0
Why can't people use google?

Can anyone explain this to me? Last time I checked, there's no.....ah, screw it, I'm just being an ass.

(The answer you seek is in the link)

Bah, lazy me.

 

[Maverick]

cuz number is like nombre or something in Latin so they abbreviated the Latin version.

don't mind me I'm just talking out of my ass

 

[ElFenix]

i dunno, but we're consensus No 2.