The thing to remember is that things starts by 'oral/spoken' numbers then by written numbers. When we speak we don't really use big endian nor little endian, w

The thing to remember is that things starts by 'oral/spoken' numbers then by written numbers. When we speak we don't really use big endian nor little endian, we say 'six thousand one hundred' not 'six one zero zero' and obviously we prefer to start with the 'big' part because it's the most important for the listener: I don't really care if your price is '6 thousand and one' or '6 thousand and two', the listener hear '6 thousand' and then switch off.. And then written language followed oral language of course..