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I’ve always found this idiotic. This isn’t Renaissance Florence, using M to mean thousand is just financier gatekeeping snobbery.
by KoftaBob 4y ago
I’ve always found this idiotic. This isn’t Renaissance Florence, using M to mean thousand is just financier gatekeeping snobbery.
- kingofpandora 4y agoIs it more snobbish than using "k" to mean thousand?
- s1artibartfast 4y agoOr perhaps institution see some value in keeping a consistent denotation when you have records spanning hundreds of years, multiple counties, and multiple languages.