• bleistift2@feddit.de
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    9 months ago

    I guess you could reproduce that survey in any western country. I can’t think of many people who know “our” [Edit: numerals] are called “Arabic”.

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      In Völklingen, Germany, this Nazi didn’t understand why the audience was laughing as he promised to end the use of Arabic house numbers once elected mayor.

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      9 months ago

      Speaking as a Dane, I literally can’t think of anyone I know personally who’s older than 10 and DOESN’T know…