On 27/03/2015 21:52, Andrel wrote:

> Hi Guys, been busy lately, so not always time to check p.o-t
>

That's good.

> The story about this as I remember it is that most of GB used to say 4
> and fifty (and some still do) but that some king or queen decided that
> fifty four better fitted what was written.
> And that we write 54 because four and fifty was exactly what the arabs
> were saying too, and they write right to left.
>

The King bit does not seem right to me. So I went looking. This is the 
only thing I could find.
You might find it interesting. On the other hand you might find it 
patronising and with the odd racist comment.


http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/lexicon_valley/2014/11/lexicon_valley_the_history_and_evolution_of_writing_out_numbers_in_the_english.html


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Regards
     Stephen

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