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Idris Samawi Hamid wrote:
On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:35:35 -0700, Peter Münster
wrote: On Thu, Jan 31 2008, Steffen Wolfrum wrote:
Any native arabic speaker out there? Is it %18 or 18% ?? Hello,
I don't know nothing about Arabic script, but wouldn't it be logic to ask for "%81 or 18%" ?
Hmm, this could be a long discussion...
sure, but interesting (summary should be part of your arab typesetting paper)
In ancient times, Arabic numerals (whence our own) were pronounced as follows (translation):
1234 => "4 and 30 and 2 hundred and a thousand"
aha, makes sense maybe it's also related to the fact that nowadays we see more numbers, and have learned to see them 'as a whole' and not as a systematic sequence ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------