From: Behnam (behnam.rassi@gmail.com)
Date: Wed Mar 14 2007 - 19:50:58 CST
On 14-Mar-07, at 9:40 PM, Philippe Verdy wrote:
>> De : unicode-bounce@unicode.org [mailto:unicode-
>> bounce@unicode.org] De la
>> part de Gilbert Sneed
>> Envoyé : jeudi 15 mars 2007 01:18
>> À : Behnam
>> Cc : James Tu; unicode@unicode.org
>> Objet : Re : Arabic numbers
>>
>> Dear Sirs,
>>
>> I am not a specialist in Arabic language but I have already seen
>> Egyptian or Algerian banknotes and coins : what you can read on them
>> is what James calls Indian numbers.
>> So I think young people in Arabic language lands always use them for
>> any numbering usage.
>
> Banknotes and coins are not really representative: they often carry a
> cultural interest, but most people do not read what is effectively
> written
> on them; they recognize the banknotes and coins only by their general
> aspect.
>
> It is much more significant to look at what is used on popular medias
> (newspapers, TV subtitles, Internet sites, advertizing...), in
> educational
> material (school books, ...) money checks, commercial contracts,
> job payment
> bills, products and services billing, price displaying in shops, tax
> declarations...
True. But also technological limitations in supporting a language in
modern life should not be mystified.
Behnam
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