• Kratzkopf@discuss.tchncs.de
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        3 days ago

        The comma. Both separators just switch their roles:

        12.000 - twelve thousand

        13,12€ - thirteen euro and twelve cents

        More info here, including a fancy map further down, which shows which separators are used where.

        • Screen_Shatter@lemmy.world
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          3 days ago

          TIL. I feel like this is another thing that Americans do backwards for the sake of doing things backward but we dont know it is cause its just what we grew up with.