> Clearly the ordering is increasing in value
Here's your mistake. Alphabet ordering is decreasing in value.
Here's your mistake. Alphabet ordering is decreasing in value.
We value things highly by assigning them symbols with low values, so a symbol with a postfix modifier that gives it a slightly lower value means we value it higher! Or something :)
- bronze-silver-gold-platinum-diamond[1]
- Military patches get more ornate with increased rank
- etc.
Its a nice theory but it doesn't really follow.
[1] Tangential, but I have particular annoyance with how game deal with sub-ranks. Some games indicate the highest tier within a rank with the highest number, whereas others use the lowest number.