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Re:Why are German numbers backwards? by kingcharles on Sunday November 28, 2021 @11:49AM (#29370398)
Another confusing scenario to me is that Arabs who invented the numbering system write the digits left-to-right in a right-to-left writing system:

رقم هاتف والدتي هو 8765309

It won't let me paste vertical Japanese text or I would demonstrate that monstrosity too.

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Re:Why are German numbers backwards? by febstar on Sunday November 28, 2021 @01:03PM (#29371163)
Most likely because Arabs did not invent the numbering system: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29370553
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Re:Why are German numbers backwards? by egeozcan on Sunday November 28, 2021 @01:22PM (#29371360)
Yeah let's not do original research in HN. This can have millions of reasons.
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