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Not sure if you’re trolling but . and , are used reversed of us Americans in Europe.

LoganDark 3y ago
...I wasn't trolling.
AlchemistCamp 3y ago
It doesn’t seem to be in the UK: https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-to-rent/Manchester.html https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-to-rent/Manchester.html or in Ireland: https://www.spiritmotorgroup.ie/premium/used-vehicles/ https://www.spiritmotorgroup.ie/premium/used-vehicles/ I’d say it’s language-based. In English, 10.000 means 10. In many other European languages, it means 10000. In some languages I speak, large numbers are separated with a comma every fourth numeral. In any case, it’s a good idea to follow the conventions of the language you’re using if your goal is to communicate with all of its speakers and not just a subgroup.
- syntaxing 3y ago
  I’m sure there’s exceptions. Come on, are you really telling me if you saw the number 10.000 you would think $10? 10.00 or 10,00 fine. But 10.000?
  - AlchemistCamp 3y ago
    I wouldn’t assume it’s currency if there weren’t a dollar sign, but yes. To me, 10.0, 10.00, 10.000 and 10.0000 all look the same and I wouldn’t hesitate to see them as 10. The only difference is that more zeroes implies more precision. 10,00 looks like a typo, either of 10,000 or of 10.00, but if I saw it surrounded by a bunch of German text, I’d know it meant 10.
  - LoganDark 3y ago
    I couldn't tell if the extra zero was a typo or not. People say stuff like "$94.00" a lot
- pezezin 3y ago
  That's why nowadays the recommended thousands separator is the blank space, to prevent this kind of confusion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_separator#Digit_grouping https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_separator#Digit_groupi... By the way, honest question: > In some languages I speak, large numbers are separated with a comma every fourth numeral. Which languages are those? I live in Japan, and whereas the spoken language separates numbers by myriads (as do most other languages in East Asia), numbers are usually written down with commas every 3 digits, which is really confusing...
  - AlchemistCamp 3y ago
    According to some of my friends with kids there, Japanese public schools used to teach putting a comma every 3rd digit but for the past few years have been using a comma every 4th digit.
    - pezezin 3y ago
      That has to be a pretty recent development, because I have lived here for 5 years and I have never seen a number written like that. Sometimes you will see numbers written with the corresponding kanji after every four digits, like 1億2345万6789, which I like because it quickly tells you the magnitude, but it is not very common.
      - AlchemistCamp 3y ago
        Looks like there's some news about the change in Japan: https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/10-000-or-1-0000-japanese-schools-are-starting-to-move-commas-on-big-numbers-but-why https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/10-000-or... I also see that mixed character-numeral format you mentioned pretty commonly here in Taiwan, especially with 萬 (simplified to 万 in Japan post-WWII). For really large numbers, there's usually not so much precision, so the tail part is just dropped.

...I wasn't trolling.

It doesn’t seem to be in the UK: https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-to-rent/Manchester.html https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-to-rent/Manchester.html or in Ireland: https://www.spiritmotorgroup.ie/premium/used-vehicles/ https://www.spiritmotorgroup.ie/premium/used-vehicles/ I’d say it’s language-based. In English, 10.000 means 10. In many other European languages, it means 10000. In some languages I speak, large numbers are separated with a comma every fourth numeral. In any case, it’s a good idea to follow the conventions of the language you’re using if your goal is to communicate with all of its speakers and not just a subgroup.

syntaxing 3y ago
I’m sure there’s exceptions. Come on, are you really telling me if you saw the number 10.000 you would think $10? 10.00 or 10,00 fine. But 10.000?
- AlchemistCamp 3y ago
  I wouldn’t assume it’s currency if there weren’t a dollar sign, but yes. To me, 10.0, 10.00, 10.000 and 10.0000 all look the same and I wouldn’t hesitate to see them as 10. The only difference is that more zeroes implies more precision. 10,00 looks like a typo, either of 10,000 or of 10.00, but if I saw it surrounded by a bunch of German text, I’d know it meant 10.
- LoganDark 3y ago
  I couldn't tell if the extra zero was a typo or not. People say stuff like "$94.00" a lot
pezezin 3y ago
That's why nowadays the recommended thousands separator is the blank space, to prevent this kind of confusion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_separator#Digit_grouping https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_separator#Digit_groupi... By the way, honest question: > In some languages I speak, large numbers are separated with a comma every fourth numeral. Which languages are those? I live in Japan, and whereas the spoken language separates numbers by myriads (as do most other languages in East Asia), numbers are usually written down with commas every 3 digits, which is really confusing...
- AlchemistCamp 3y ago
  According to some of my friends with kids there, Japanese public schools used to teach putting a comma every 3rd digit but for the past few years have been using a comma every 4th digit.
  - pezezin 3y ago
    That has to be a pretty recent development, because I have lived here for 5 years and I have never seen a number written like that. Sometimes you will see numbers written with the corresponding kanji after every four digits, like 1億2345万6789, which I like because it quickly tells you the magnitude, but it is not very common.
    - AlchemistCamp 3y ago
      Looks like there's some news about the change in Japan: https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/10-000-or-1-0000-japanese-schools-are-starting-to-move-commas-on-big-numbers-but-why https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/10-000-or... I also see that mixed character-numeral format you mentioned pretty commonly here in Taiwan, especially with 萬 (simplified to 万 in Japan post-WWII). For really large numbers, there's usually not so much precision, so the tail part is just dropped.