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syringis

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17. True

Sun Sep 3, 2017, 02:46 PM

Sep 2017

In fact, they are called arabic numbers but they probably came from India or Persia.

Here starts the off topic : it is interesting, very often, people things the Medieval era is dark, under educated, people were dirty, and on and on... it is a very vast subject. I love History in general. I'm not a total ignorant about the Medieval Era, however, I can't pretend to a very deep knowledge.

Good question about "Europe", specially when is a German who talks... Germany is the nation we know only since last century...

The "credit" you can give to those cretins RW is a bottomless ignorance

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Far-right German candidate promises to get rid of Arabic numerals (this is NOT satire) [View all] highplainsdem Sep 2017 OP

If he's that fervent a German nationalist, it probably wouldn't be too hard to get him to Aristus Sep 2017 #1

He might subscribe to the theory that TexasProgresive Sep 2017 #15

Then you must know the old one about how to conjugate "to spit." Archae Sep 2017 #30

Cutus! TexasProgresive Sep 2017 #35

The progression was actually: Aristus Sep 2017 #39

OK I buy that. TexasProgresive Sep 2017 #40

They'll never get more than V% of the vote. nt Xipe Totec Sep 2017 #2

lol treestar Sep 2017 #5

DUzy!!! Coventina Sep 2017 #11

LOLOL leftstreet Sep 2017 #18

:-) underpants Sep 2017 #26

You win for the week! Hahahaha AgadorSparticus Sep 2017 #28

We have the Hindu numeral system in this country ProudLib72 Sep 2017 #3

We should get rid of all those numbering systems from other continents! csziggy Sep 2017 #6

Texas Instruments is going to have trouble ProudLib72 Sep 2017 #10

I'm sure TI will not have a huge problem csziggy Sep 2017 #22

He'd have trouble going back to Old High German. greatauntoftriplets Sep 2017 #4

LOL syringis Sep 2017 #7

Roman numerals of course...though they were "foreign infiltrators" also...so who knows. anneboleyn Sep 2017 #13

"European?" They are Arabic numerals of course, which we've used since the Middle Ages. anneboleyn Sep 2017 #14

True syringis Sep 2017 #17

Oh dear. And I thought that we were the only country who had smirkymonkey Sep 2017 #8

Floriduh man's cousin Germany man. madinmaryland Sep 2017 #31

*snort* smirkymonkey Sep 2017 #36

This doesn't have sarisataka Sep 2017 #9

I C what you did there Pope George Ringo II Sep 2017 #34

Imagine doing long division with Roman numerals...and house "numbers..." lmfao. anneboleyn Sep 2017 #12

Just when you thought you had heard it all HAB911 Sep 2017 #16

"... many house numbers are displayed in Arabic numerals." JustABozoOnThisBus Sep 2017 #19

Maybe like this? Ezior Sep 2017 #41

Covering the numerical systems, they forgot 11010 binary. nt JustABozoOnThisBus Sep 2017 #43

I constantly engage people as I take my daily walk grantcart Sep 2017 #20

Nazis are alive and well. Hieronymus Sep 2017 #21

Get rid of that Al Jebra too packman Sep 2017 #23

Without a doubt this is the best OldHippieChick Sep 2017 #24

You've gotta be shitting me!!!! PatrickforO Sep 2017 #25

Can you read this? 1000001010010100101 lindysalsagal Sep 2017 #27

Yes, it's 267,429. Towlie Sep 2017 #29

"Binary--it's as easy as 1-10-11!" lastlib Sep 2017 #33

Zeros should be taken out. Zero was invented by brown people who looked like ISIS dalton99a Sep 2017 #42

:facepalm: ..... lastlib Sep 2017 #32

It's amazing that he .. Hieronymus Sep 2017 #37

Such ignorance. Dawson Leery Sep 2017 #38

To think in MMXVII Generic Other Sep 2017 #44

Pi III.IIVIVIX? Doc_Technical Sep 2017 #45