Popular Post Hairball51 Posted August 8, 2013 Popular Post Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 Everyone knows that the issue we debate every single day a new article comes out is the issue concerning the translation of the phrase "delete the zeroes" and what it means. I may have just stumbled upon something pretty remarkable yet so simple...let me explain. The issue has never been one of translation but one of the true meaning of the translation. It got me to thinking about how to find out the meaning of the words in Arabic. So here is what I did... Knowing that dictionaries give us the meaning of words, I thought about trying to look up the meanings of the words in Arabic. I went to dictionary.com and found the section where you can translate words and phrases from one language to another. I set the translation parameters at "English to Arabic" and typed in the phrase "delete the zeroes" and hit translate. What I got back was this " حذف الاصفار". I then switched the parameters from "English to Arabic", copied and pasted the Arabic phrase "حذف الاصفار" and hit translate. The result almost knocked me off my chair! The result was..."leading zeroes"!!!! See, a translation in Google just tells us the English words but it doesn't give us meaning...only dictionaries do! So the meaning of the phrase "delete the zeroes" is translated "leading zeroes"! This is a game changer folks! This means the nominal value! Every time they have been mentioning "delete the zeroes", they have been meaning the "leading zeroes" from the nominal rate which turns .00086 to .86!!!! You can try this for yourself folks by going to dictionary.com and following the above directions....GO RV BABY!!!! 39 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Machine Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 interesting ..... but that what I always thought it meant . +1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasmine21 Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 I really hope this is correct Hairball! That would make everyone's day I'm sure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sxsess Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 Thanks Hairball! I hope we are finally here.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SgtFuryUSCZ Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 interesting ..... but that what I always thought it meant . ***/// Ditto here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairball51 Posted August 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 I really hope this is correct Hairball! That would make everyone's day I'm sure. Try it for yourself....don't just take my word for it. Go to dictionary.com and follow the steps I took above. You will clearly see the translation come back as "leading zeroes"... interesting ..... but that what I always thought it meant . +1 I know some of us have always thought that but there are those on here who really don't know and are on the fence about LOP vs. RV. I hope this settles it once and for all!!! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easyrider Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 (edited) Keepem will be here shortly....... Edited August 8, 2013 by easyrider 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReVbo Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 (edited) Works the same on babylon.com, for what it's worth. Good stuff, Hairball. http://translation.babylon.com/english/to-arabic/ Edited August 8, 2013 by ReVbo 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandstorm Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 Breakthrough? Don't think so. 3 25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairball51 Posted August 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 Breakthrough? Don't think so. I was wondering how long it would take...ha! Welcome Sand...tell me why? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandstorm Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 Rv in Arab actually means lop and lop actually means rv. great find 3 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carvette Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 thanks hairball--I didn't know. waz always told several things..GO RV 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandstorm Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 I was wondering how long it would take...ha! Welcome Sand...tell me why?how long for what? Do your thing. It means whatever you want it. Bye now! 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry333 Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 hairball51, Great researching the true meaning. GOOD JOB!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lutie Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 Breakthrough? Don't think so. Sands you always wear such dark glasses. Take them off and look at the light. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairball51 Posted August 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 Rv in Arab actually means lop and lop actually means rv. great find Come on man! That's the best you can do? Make a joke? Really? I was hoping you would tell me where I'm wrong. I am open to the possibility that I am, I was just hoping you could show me how... 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris2028 Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 Very very interesting. I've always thought thats what it meant but with all the confusion when these topics start I just let it go. But this certainly makes more sense. At .86, .50, or even .10 I will gladly cash in what I have and move on. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandstorm Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 Come on man! That's the best you can do? Make a joke? Really? I was hoping you would tell me where I'm wrong. I am open to the possibility that I am, I was just hoping you could show me how...your not wrong....your so right! Lets just leave it at that. How are sales doing this week? 1 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinarbeleiver Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 Lopsters 1 RV'ers 10000000000 The RV'ers WIN!!!!!!!!!! And yes easy we are waiting for keep 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrref Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 (edited) Thanks for the post. But thats the way its always was meant, nothing new. Of course I've been in this delete the zeros for the past 10 years.... Edited August 8, 2013 by mrref 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandstorm Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 There is so much context that's been giving towards deleting three zeroes and your looking at a translator software and somehow there's a breakthrough? Nothing better than good ole American advertising. Hope the sales pick up soon for you. I want to help you guys sell some dinar too. Deleting three zeroes is a rv. Sounds sweet and believable. Now go make some money 2 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliciadogz Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 That is what I always thought it meant 3 zero in front of the numbers 000166. LOL!!! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairball51 Posted August 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 There is so much context that's been giving towards deleting three zeroes and your looking at a translator software and somehow there's a breakthrough? Nothing better than good ole American advertising. Hope the sales pick up soon for you. I want to help you guys sell some dinar too. Deleting three zeroes is a rv. Sounds sweet and believable. Now go make some money You can infer all you want that I'm some kind of "pumper" or whatever Sand...but you're wrong. You would think someone not totally bent on one outcome could say something like "Oh wow...That's interesting...." or something other than what you've posted here. All I did was think of a different way to find out the meaning of the phrase and posted the results....that's it! The results speak for themselves Sand...I took the phrase that's been in EVERY article and translated not just the word to English but it's Arabic meaning and you think I'm "pumping"...ha! What a joke! 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wpsmit Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 Thanks Hairball 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tankdude Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 hmm....I'll play Huck Finn and hope my future can be answered by a hairball. No harm in that...if it was good enough for Mark Twain, good enough for me... (Wow - today must be Oscure Reference Day for me....) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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