Aug 2, 2004 14:52
20 yrs ago
Hindi term
pucoug (X)
eight or nine?
Non-PRO
Hindi to English
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Education / Pedagogy
Kind of a stupid question :) Could you please look at this image:
http://www.yetitalk.com/eight-nine.gif
and tell me if it is a '8' or a '9'. I know that you can write '9' in a few different ways, but just want to make sure.
Thanks!
http://www.yetitalk.com/eight-nine.gif
and tell me if it is a '8' or a '9'. I know that you can write '9' in a few different ways, but just want to make sure.
Thanks!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | It is nine |
Rajan Chopra
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| 5 | If it looks like 8 it must be 4! |
Ramesh Madhavan
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Proposed translations
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Rajan Chopra
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It is nine
This is how nine is written in the traditional Hindi fashion. In fact, after adoption of international digits for numbers, these have become obsolete and quite interestingly modern children don't even know that such type of numbers still exist. However, these are still used by traditional businessmen or who practice old system of accounting.
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Note added at 10 hrs 2 mins (2004-08-03 00:54:49 GMT) Post-grading
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error : please read \"practice\" as \"practise\" since it is being used in the sense of verb here instead of noun.
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Note added at 10 hrs 2 mins (2004-08-03 00:54:49 GMT) Post-grading
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error : please read \"practice\" as \"practise\" since it is being used in the sense of verb here instead of noun.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Cool! Just needed a confirmation.
Thanks!"
7 mins
Ramesh Madhavan
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Works in: English, Tamil to English, Hindi to English, and 4 more.
If it looks like 8 it must be 4!
Even without looking at the picture (unable to view), I can say if it looks like the Arabic '8' with the top open, it is 4 in Hindi and the Arabic '9' looks like it's mirror image in Hindi!
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Note added at 12 mins (2004-08-02 15:05:01 GMT)
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\"8\" is like \"L\"
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Note added at 12 mins (2004-08-02 15:05:01 GMT)
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\"8\" is like \"L\"
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