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What About Roman? (lemmy.ca)

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[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 1 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

I mean, I've personally never heard of the term "Arabic Numeral" being uttered in a classroom from 2nd grade all the way through Highschool in the US Schools I've went to. It's just "write the numbers in words" or in "numbers/digits".

[–] Sculptor9157@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 hours ago

Which is a sad indictment of the school system you attended.

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 2 points 9 hours ago

Damn, maybe the US system is worse than I thought.

There are so many general knowledge things that aren't necessary for survival or to do your job that the general populace seems to lack. This is one of them