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myyass@lemmy.world 19 hours agoI thought it was referring to the old style ones? I mean I’m not against people learning those, just heh good luck remembering them if you don’t use them everyday. Kinda how I had I can only understand the french in clair obscur expedition 33 but oh boy don’t ask me to write anything in french now lol
NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
The “old style” was Indian Numerals. We have always used and been taught the original style of Arabic Numerals in the modern world.
myyass@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
I see, thanks for clearing that up. Media really works hard to confuse you now. I thought there was no difference and then the Indian numerals came up and I honestly didn’t know what was the actual was going on at that point.
cheers_queers@lemmy.zip 15 hours ago
dont you mean roman numerals? so confused
NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
Feel free to check the link I provided.