Shinjuku Swan - Vol. 19 Ch. 184 - Money Laundering
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@Lithe The Japanese use both Chinese and Arabic numerals in daily life. Their accounting is usually written in Arabic numerals, since it's easier and faster to write.
Chinese numerals are used mainly when they don't have to calculate with them, or when the number is small or simple. Some small restaurants use them to keep foreigners away, since they won't enter if they can't read the price on the menu. And even then, the prices are written in a mix of Chinese and Arabic, like 一五〇〇 for "1500" instead of 一千五百 (for "1 thousand 5 hundred"), as would normally be the case.
Chinese numerals are used mainly when they don't have to calculate with them, or when the number is small or simple. Some small restaurants use them to keep foreigners away, since they won't enter if they can't read the price on the menu. And even then, the prices are written in a mix of Chinese and Arabic, like 一五〇〇 for "1500" instead of 一千五百 (for "1 thousand 5 hundred"), as would normally be the case.
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I wonder how much he get paid for taking the blame.
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@zloquanx
Notice how the first instance of "Arabic" has a different color than the rest of my text? That's because it's a link. You can click on that link, and it will lead you a source backing my claim. The very first sentence of which literally says:
If you want to be pedantic, you can say that these are actually "Western Arabic numerals", as there are also "Eastern Arabic numerals". However, my point was that Arabic numerals are not "written in English", for that would be "one", "two", "three", and so on. Obviously, nobody would mistake "three" for "eight", if written in English.
That being said, here's a friendly piece of advice: You shouldn't refute a source-backed claim without providing a source of your own. It makes you look very... stupid, regardless of what you think of the provided source. If you want a different source, here's one: https://study.com/academy/lesson/arabic-numerals-definition-history-example.html
Notice how the first instance of "Arabic" has a different color than the rest of my text? That's because it's a link. You can click on that link, and it will lead you a source backing my claim. The very first sentence of which literally says:
If you want to be pedantic, you can say that these are actually "Western Arabic numerals", as there are also "Eastern Arabic numerals". However, my point was that Arabic numerals are not "written in English", for that would be "one", "two", "three", and so on. Obviously, nobody would mistake "three" for "eight", if written in English.
That being said, here's a friendly piece of advice: You shouldn't refute a source-backed claim without providing a source of your own. It makes you look very... stupid, regardless of what you think of the provided source. If you want a different source, here's one: https://study.com/academy/lesson/arabic-numerals-definition-history-example.html
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@zloquanx
Funny you'd call me a pseud when you don't even know the basics of arguing.
Besides, that same link also says it's called "Arabic numerals", not "Indian numerals".
It's also why there's this language called "English" and not "Proto-Indo-European", or why Russians use the "Russian alphabet", which is a "Cyrillic alphabet" and not a "Bulgarian alphabet".
Good thing I posted another link that's not from Wikipedia, then, huh?
Funny you'd call me a pseud when you don't even know the basics of arguing.
I thought you didn't care about the link?
Besides, that same link also says it's called "Arabic numerals", not "Indian numerals".
It's also why there's this language called "English" and not "Proto-Indo-European", or why Russians use the "Russian alphabet", which is a "Cyrillic alphabet" and not a "Bulgarian alphabet".
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