OT: question about usage

[Alan Litchfield]

Hi Deirdre,

I tend to refer to numbers as either "numbers" or "arabic numbers,"  
depending on whether I am also using "roman numerals." Alphabetical  
characters I refer to as "lowercase letters" or "uppercase letters,"  
with the obvious distinctions.

It's all very interesting isn't it? Yes, alpha, beta, etc. are greek  
but we use a combination of roman and sanscrit  for the characters. I  
guess during Peter the Great's reign they had the benefit of hindsight  
when devising a written character form for the Russian people ;)

Alan

On 24/07/2008, at 7:38 AM, Deirdre Reagan wrote:

> Hi all:
>
> The documents I am working with refer to numerical characters and
> alpha characters.
>
> Just out of professional curiosity, is this terminology correct?
> Those two phrases sound overly complicated to me -- "numerical
> characters" sounds like a complicated way of saying "numbers" and
> ditto "alpha characters" for "letters."  (And isn't alpha just slang
> for alphabetical? They aren't talking about the Greek character.)
>
> Or, it could be accepted jargon.
>
> Who knows?
>
> (I'm hoping you do.  LOL)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Deirdre
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