quote of the day

[jonathannil]

from:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_numerals

As befitting their history, the digits (0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9) are also known as Hindu or Hindu-Arabic numerals. The reason that they are more commonly known as "Arabic numerals" in Europe and the Americas is that they were introduced to Europe in the tenth century from Arabs of North Africa. There

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[dtto]

ha! that's great. i tried to learn the devangari numerals but it is hard to do when everyone in india and pakistan uses "arabic" numerals. i eventually gave up and focused on vocab and grammar.