Saturday, April 13, 2013

"Hash", or "Tally" Marks

Several months ago I was in my Swedish language class which was, of course, filled with immigrants. This was truly an international group from all over the globe.  Anyway, some one was drawing a right angle on the board.  I didn't know why, so I asked my Brazilian friend.  She patiently told me that much of the rest of the world does not draw hash / tally marks like we do in the States.  Maybe I should have known that - or at least suspected it - but I never thought about it.

So - I borrow the following from Wiki:




(for more - see Wiki)


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