Arabic-L:GEN:Hindi/Arabic numbers

[Dilworth Parkinson]

------------------------------------------------------------------------
Arabic-L: Thu 06 Dec 2007
Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson <dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu>
[To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu]
[To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to
listserv at byu.edu with first line reading:
            unsubscribe arabic-l                                      ]

-------------------------Directory------------------------------------

1) Subject:Hindi/Arabic numbers

-------------------------Messages-----------------------------------
1)
Date: 06 Dec 2007
From:"George N. Hallak, Boston" <GnhBos at aol.com>
Subject:Hindi/Arabic numbers

An additional small piece of information maybe helpful.
Arabic Numerals are actually what we use in English; and
the so called Arabic numerals are really Hindi characters.

Now, what the Latin based languages use Arabic Numerals,
and we (Arabic speakers) use Hindi characters is beyond me.
All I know that my father (Bless his soul), all through his life,
only used the real Arabic Numerals! If you asked him why he
uses "English" numerals, he'd give you a lecture!

So when you want to use so called "Arabic numbers", you have
to select "Hindi" in Windows!

Best Regards,
George N. Hallak

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
End of Arabic-L:  06 Dec 2007
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/arabic-l/attachments/20071206/23148ece/attachment.htm>