• k0e3@lemmy.ca
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    6 months ago

    What country that uses the dollar sign uses that formatting? In Canada and us I think it’s $18,000. The way anon writes it is tripping me out.

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      6 months ago

      Most european countries, I think? At least that’s how I’d write it. And I’d use $ cause it’s just easier for people to understand the value and cause for most keyboards the euro sign is slightly less comfy to use.

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        6 months ago

        Oh yeah, I know the format is Like that in Europe, but the guy won $, right? Seems weird to me that he wrote it like that of they’re from the US or Canada.

        Edit: oh oops I didn’t read the comment properly. Thanks for your explanation!

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      Based on the English my best guess is the 4chan op is German.

      Why they used a dollar sign instead of euro sign idk, probably just 4chan stuff.

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      Km100? Mb/s100? But $100 is suddenly ok? Americans clearly do it wrong.
      And you say “100 Dollars” and not “Dollars 100”, right?
      Not like we’re better though; germans say numbers wrong.

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        I didn’t say it was ok; just the way we do it in Canada as well as the States. It absolutely makes no sense lol. I’m pretty sure a lot of growing up make the “mistake” of writing 100$.

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        This is to be a language thing. In the US, Australia, Canada, and the UK, we write £20, $20, and €20 (and 50c, 50¢, 50p if using coinage). In Quebec, Canada, the currency symbol goes at the end, because French is the provincial language.

        In English, 20$ is wrong. In French, $20 is wrong. Use the right system for your language.

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      Croatia. Anon also has that long croat hair, and being a croat and a channer, he worships a man named hitler, which makes him gay!