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Re: YYMMDD (was: Re: Laadan)

From:Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>
Date:Monday, December 16, 2002, 20:04
En réponse à John Cowan <jcowan@...>:

> > I know that in Farsi the "3" is written first, and when handwriting > one's hand moves to the left a sufficient distance to write "3" "6" > "5" > and then jumps rightward over the whole number. But I never could > find > out if this is also the case when native Arabic speakers write > numbers. >
I've seen Arabic speakers writing numbers. They do it from right to left, in the same direction as the rest of the writing. It's something to see!!! Christophe. http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr Take your life as a movie: do not let anybody else play the leading role.