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in some places across EU decimal points are thousands separators and commas indicate decimals. i find this confusing too
by medo-bear 5y ago
in some places across EU decimal points are thousands separators and commas indicate decimals. i find this confusing too
- dustymcp 5y agoLiving in a country that does this, it is very confusing.
- jeroenhd 5y agoThe comma is used as a decimal separator in almost all European countries, with only English-speaking countries, Liechtenstein, and Switzerland using the full stop. Luxembourg uses both, confusingly, but in Europe people using the full stop as a decimal separator are the odd one out. I find long versus short scale for numbers like billion vs milliard a lot more confusing. I also would have a hard time adjusting to the lakh/crore system used elsewhere in the world. The decimal separator, though? That's just applying reason. Fuel prices may be high right now but they definitely haven't increased a thousandfold.
- Guillaume86 5y agoSome places = everywhere except UK and Ireland basically: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_separator#/media/File:DecimalSeparator.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_separator#/media/File:...
- medo-bear 5y agohaha til
- vultour 5y agoIt's pretty obvious a liter of diesel cannot cost 2175EUR, so I don't understand how one can make this mistake even if they use the reverse.
- weberer 5y agoIts not even consistent either. One local supermarket uses periods, the other uses commas. My banking app uses periods, but MobilePay uses commas.