Re: [minc-arabic] RE: [idn] Q

["James Seng/Personal" <James@Seng.cc>]

> From: "Ibrahim A. Al-Kharashi" <kharashi@kacst.edu.sa>
> To: Jarallah Aljarallah <jarallah@email.com>
> CC: Wael Nasr <wael@i-dns.net>, idn@ops.ietf.org, arabic@minc.org
> Subject: Re: [minc-arabic] RE: [idn] Q
>
>     NO, Arabic numerals are those know as Indian (used in the eastern Arabic
countries )  NOT 01234
>     The concept of abbreviation does not exist in Arabic, but,  nobody can
prevent a company from generating any name even if it does
> not follow the Arabic derivation rules (i.e. root-pattern method)
>
>
> Jarallah Aljarallah wrote:
>
> > It seems that there is a misunderstanding here. The Arabic numbers are
0123456789.  These numbers are being used all over the world.
> > The numbers that Wael is talking about are Indian numbers.
> >
> > I suggest that the Arabic domain names include Arabic alphabet and Arabic
numbers.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Jarallah Aljarallah
> > Native Names Corp.
> >
> > ------Original Message------
> > From: "Wael Nasr" <wael.nasr@i-dns.net>
> > To: idn@ops.ietf.org
> > Sent: November 13, 2000 10:02:00 AM GMT
> > Subject: [idn] Q
> >
> > With the arabic language
> > the zero is like the dot in .com
> >
> > Is this a similar problem in other languages?
> > do you allow it in domian names?
> >
> > Also, How do you make a decent appreviation for
> > a company or center name to come up with something
> > as nice as IBM for international business machines?
> >
> > there is no standard way in arabic that I am aware of
> >
> > sorry if this is outside what you are discussing right now
> >
> > Rgs
> > wael Nasr
> >
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>
> Ibrahim A. Al-Kharashi, Ph. D.
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