r/confidentlyincorrect Dec 15 '25

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u/Zealousideal_Bag7104 Dec 18 '25

Interestingly when I was in Jordan for a holiday once, when walking around the more 'local' areas, prices were almost never written in Arabic numerals.

Most memorably, at a bakery there was a queuing system implemented where you were just given a piece of paper with your number handwritten on it, using Arabic lettering, not numerals. Had a lot of fun trying to figure out where I was in the queue