The correct name is Arabic Digit One, as opposed to the digit one used in Arabic, which is
the Hindi Digit One.
Confused? Then why not leave it as it is.
Jony
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Lozyniak [mailto:11@marril.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2000 4:42 PM
> To: Unicode List
> Subject: Digit names; hex characters?
>
>
> Why is "1" called simply "DIGIT ONE" instead of "EUROPEAN DIGIT ONE" or "LATIN
> DIGIT ONE" (okay, so it may not be Latin in a strict sense, but then, neither
> are the so-called LATIN LETTERs in the IPA extension.)? And yes, "1", "2", etc.
> WERE used, at least sometimes, in Late Latin, in scientific writing. Even
> though the European digits are almost universal, they are not quite so. I hear
> that it is possible to get a digital watch with Arabic language figures.
> Should we have characters called "HEXADECIMAL DIGIT TEN" thru "FIFTEEN"? This
> would be so I can see them written as A thru F, a Greek or Russian would see
> them in her letters, etc.
> I know of a GREAT possible use for hex digits, other than in computing: to
> count beats of music. Ever notice how they arrange themselves in sixteens so often?
> How are they displayed on a digital counter? Sometimes in decimal I see a 6 as this:
> .
> |
> |
> .--.
> | |
> | |
> .--. , but it can't be used in hex for six, because it is used for eleven (I am
> using the word "eleven" to mean "one more than my fingers, or if you prefer,
> one less than eggs in an ordinary egg carton"). In hex, the digits on a display
> are forced to be something like
> .--. . .--. .--. . . .--. .--. .--.
> | | | | | | | | | |
> | | | | | | | | | |
> . . . .--. .--. .--. .--. .--. .
> | | | | | | | | | |
> | | | | | | | | | |
> .--. . .--. .--. . .--. .--. .
>
> .--. .--. .--. . .--. . .--. .--.
> | | | | | | | | | | |
> | | | | | | | | | | |
> .--. .--. .--. .--. . .--. .--. .--.
> | | | | | | | | | | | |
> | | | | | | | | | | | |
> .--. .--. . . .--. .--. .--. .--. .
>
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