• Kratzkopf@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 day 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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      23 hours 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.