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minus-squarenumberfour002@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35arrow-down7·4 months agoI mean aren’t numbers invented by Arabics anyway? What’s the point at ending with 9 and 10 when they could go full 9 and 11? /s
minus-squarepunseye@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·4 months agoInvented by Hindus in India, spread by Arabs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu-Arabic_numeral_system
minus-square𝔄 𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔦𝔢𝔫𝔱 𝔭𝔦𝔢𝔠𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔠𝔥𝔢𝔢𝔰𝔢@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down9·4 months agoThat joke flew over your head into a large office building.
minus-squareMaalus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down8·4 months agoI don’t think so, it just wasn’t funny
minus-squarePotatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·4 months agoEwww Arab numbers in MY FREEDOM LANGUAGE?!
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down9·4 months agoHaha, a racism! Much funny!
I mean aren’t numbers invented by Arabics anyway? What’s the point at ending with 9 and 10 when they could go full 9 and 11? /s
Invented by Hindus in India, spread by Arabs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu-Arabic_numeral_system
That joke flew over your head into a large office building.
I don’t think so, it just wasn’t funny
K
Ewww Arab numbers in MY FREEDOM LANGUAGE?!
Haha, a racism! Much funny!