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How do different people draw their tally marks?
- jaclaz 3y agoThere is a way (that I learned from a site surveyor in Tunisia, cannot say if used elsewhere in North Africa or in any other country) that is (IMHO) the most practical one. You start with one as a vertical trait (top to bottom) I. For two you go to the right (L). For three you go up (U). For four you go left (and you get a square). For five you go diagonal from top left to bottom right (the final result is a crossed square). It has the advantage that you never need to lift the pen from paper until you get to five and with a little of practice you don't even need to look at the sheet until you actually need to calculate the sum of more than one tally.
- coldcache 3y agoInteresting. I've never personally come across that, but it does seem rather convenient. Wikipedia says it's used in France, Portugal, Spain, and their former colonies.