Yale to Be Paid Interest on Dutch Water Authority Bond from 1648

Re:Yale to Be Paid Interest on Dutch Water Authority Bond fr... by melvinmt on Wednesday September 16, 2015 @02:08PM (#10228573)

I know what you mean, I had to unlearn the Dutch way of writing numbers when I moved to the US because almost no-one could read them. It's not just the 8 though, the 1's, 4's, 7's and 9's are also quite different, at least with my handwriting.

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Re:Yale to Be Paid Interest on Dutch Water Authority Bond fr... by astrange on Wednesday September 16, 2015 @06:27PM (#10230397)

7 having a line through it is common in Europe and the UK, but totally unheard of in the USA.

Do you write Z with a line through it? My British family does.

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Re:Yale to Be Paid Interest on Dutch Water Authority Bond fr... by pjlegato on Wednesday September 16, 2015 @06:37PM (#10230448)

7 with a line through it is unusual in the US, but not totally unheard of.

Z with a line through it is quite common in mathematics in the US (to prevent confusion with the number 2.) Many people who do a lot of math carry the dash over to Zs in general.

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Re:Yale to Be Paid Interest on Dutch Water Authority Bond fr... by grimman on Thursday September 17, 2015 @01:12PM (#10234673)

Swedish here, I write Z with the line, as well as the number 7. My first teacher was ancient even in the 90s, so that may have something to do with it?

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