On Wed, 3 Jul 2019 17:14:12 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote: >> I think the cultures that read from right to left number the pages that way >> also. > >The cultures that read from right to left still read Arabic numerals (not to >be confused with the numerals in the Arabic script) from left to right. > I believe not. It was discussed here by an Arabic(?) speaker that "1776" (so written) would be read aloud as "six and seventy and seven hundred and a thousand" (or Arabic equivalent).
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