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    Default "Americans say ‘Arabic numerals’ should not be taught in school, finds survey"

    "Fifty-six per cent of people say the numerals should not part of the curriculum for US pupils"

    "A survey by Civic Science, an American market research company, asked 3,624 respondents: “Should schools in America teach Arabic numerals as part of their curriculum?

    "Some 2,020 people answered “no”. Twenty-nine per cent of respondents said the numerals should be taught in US schools, and 15 per cent had no opinion"

    "Seventy-two per cent of Republican-supporting respondents said Arabic numerals should not be on the curriculum"

    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/a...rce=reddit.com

    Survey had to be taken in some ruby red State

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    good grief.. lol

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    To be fair, that question seems to be phrased to take advantage of the fact it is not common knowledge that our numbering systems come from the Arabs, and originally via India. The question makes it sound like the proposal is to teach a new numbering system in supplement to the existing one.

    With that nod to fairness aside, we know that there are a lot of buck-toothed rubes for whom the word "Arab" is like waving a red flag in front of an angry bull.

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    Yeah yeah yeah and Womens Suffrage should be repealed. All your food is filled with dihydrogen monoxide lol everyone is an idiot for not knowing the archaic nuances in our language.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cypress View Post
    To be fair, that question seems to be phrased to take advantage of the fact it is not common knowledge that our numbering systems come from the Arabs, and originally via India. The question makes it sound like the proposal is to teach a new numbering system in supplement to the existing one.

    With that nod to fairness aside, we know that there are a lot of buck-toothed rubes for whom the word "Arab" is like waving a red flag in front of an angry bull.
    Seems neither you nor Archive actually read the article. You both are doing a great job of what it really says. Congratulations.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cypress View Post
    To be fair, that question seems to be phrased to take advantage of the fact it is not common knowledge that our numbering systems come from the Arabs, and originally via India. The question makes it sound like the proposal is to teach a new numbering system in supplement to the existing one.

    With that nod to fairness aside, we know that there are a lot of buck-toothed rubes for whom the word "Arab" is like waving a red flag in front of an angry bull.
    True, the survey was testing prejudice, however, it still says a lot, you would think a respondent might ask what exactly do you mean by Arabic numbers?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sailor View Post
    Seems neither you nor Archive actually read the article. You both are doing a great job of what it really says. Congratulations.
    Really, show me how I didn't read the article

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    Quote Originally Posted by archives View Post
    "Fifty-six per cent of people say the numerals should not part of the curriculum for US pupils"

    "A survey by Civic Science, an American market research company, asked 3,624 respondents: “Should schools in America teach Arabic numerals as part of their curriculum?

    "Some 2,020 people answered “no”. Twenty-nine per cent of respondents said the numerals should be taught in US schools, and 15 per cent had no opinion"

    "Seventy-two per cent of Republican-supporting respondents said Arabic numerals should not be on the curriculum"

    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/a...rce=reddit.com

    Survey had to be taken in some ruby red State
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    Quote Originally Posted by archives View Post
    "Fifty-six per cent of people say the numerals should not part of the curriculum for US pupils"

    "A survey by Civic Science, an American market research company, asked 3,624 respondents: “Should schools in America teach Arabic numerals as part of their curriculum?

    "Some 2,020 people answered “no”. Twenty-nine per cent of respondents said the numerals should be taught in US schools, and 15 per cent had no opinion"

    "Seventy-two per cent of Republican-supporting respondents said Arabic numerals should not be on the curriculum"

    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/a...rce=reddit.com

    Survey had to be taken in some ruby red State
    Oh Lordy, it’s the same as people hating Obamacare but loving the Affordable Care Act.

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    Quote Originally Posted by archives View Post
    Really, show me how I didn't read the article
    No problem: "Survey had to be taken in some ruby red State". Now read the article idiot. All of it. You, Cypress, and anyone that thanked you for the link, prove what it says.

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    Quote Originally Posted by archives View Post
    "Fifty-six per cent of people say the numerals should not part of the curriculum for US pupils"

    "A survey by Civic Science, an American market research company, asked 3,624 respondents: “Should schools in America teach Arabic numerals as part of their curriculum?

    "Some 2,020 people answered “no”. Twenty-nine per cent of respondents said the numerals should be taught in US schools, and 15 per cent had no opinion"

    "Seventy-two per cent of Republican-supporting respondents said Arabic numerals should not be on the curriculum"

    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/a...rce=reddit.com

    Survey had to be taken in some ruby red State
    Judging by their website, it was probably a social media poll with uneducated snowflakes answering.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cypress View Post

    With that nod to fairness aside, we know that there are a lot of buck-toothed rubes for whom the word "Arab" is like waving a red flag in front of an angry bull.

    Yeah- star names must really piss 'em off. Haw, haw, haw, haw, haw,..........haw.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sailor View Post
    No problem: "Survey had to be taken in some ruby red State". Now read the article idiot. All of it. You, Cypress, and anyone that thanked you for the link, prove what it says.
    Want to try again because the article makes zero reference as to what location it was taken?

    Who's proving what the link said?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stretch View Post
    Judging by their website, it was probably a social media poll with uneducated snowflakes answering.
    https://civicscience.com/about/
    That could be true given that "seventy-two per cent of Republican-supporting respondents said Arabic numerals should not be on the curriculum"

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    Quote Originally Posted by archives View Post
    Want to try again because the article makes zero reference as to what location it was taken?

    Who's proving what the link said?
    Are you trying to act cute? Or just fucking stupid. I think the latter.

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