Talk:European numerals

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I'm sure you know that the NATO phonetic alphabet is a way to pronounce the letters of the alphabet to keep the possibility of someone mishearing one letter as another (for example, B can be misheard as V but if you use "Bravo" for B and "Victor" for V it makes them easily distinguishable. Has anyone thought of a similar thing for the shapes of numbers just as the NATO phonetic alphabet is for the sounds of letters?? Such a thing would almost definitely need a crossed 7, but anything besides that?? 66.32.244.248 01:35, 11 Nov 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Muslim History

There should be mentioning that these numerals originated in "Islamic Spain," when Muslims ruled that area.

It may now be called European, but it originated in "Islamic Spain" —Preceding unsigned comment added by Xtremeownage (talk • contribs) 09:57, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] explanations

The article makes extensive use of terms like "bowls" and "descenders". Perhaps a section to explain these?