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A comment on Numbers 0 to 11111 in terms of Increasing and Decreasing Orders of 1 to 9 (2014). Parent comment

Re:Numbers 0 to 11111 in terms of Increasing and Decreasing ... by throwaway982749 on Wednesday January 11, 2017 @12:38AM (#13372011)
Well... there's evidence right there in the English language.

    dig·it [ˈdijit]

    NOUN
    1) any of the numerals from 0 to 9, especially when forming part of a number.
    2) a finger (including the thumb) or toe.
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Re:Numbers 0 to 11111 in terms of Increasing and Decreasing ... by saghm on Friday January 13, 2017 @04:16PM (#13394773)
Right, but that doesn't really say anything about causation; there is definitely a linguistic link between the body parts and numerical digits in this word, but that could have easily developed after base ten became common for other reasons.
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