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minus-squareZwiebel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·27 days agoI stand corrected. According to this they used the wrong abbreviation for billion then though: ‘B’ instead of ‘bn’ But also ew: “− €240” It makes no sense to me since all other units come after the amount, or do you write “– °F56”
minus-squareTeNppa@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·27 days agoI think it is so because the amount is written on checks and putting the sign before the amount prevents adding more numbers.
minus-squarejenesaisquoi@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·27 days agoIt’s 2025, not even the perpetually outdated USA uses checks anymore
minus-squareTeNppa@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·27 days agoOk? It doesn’t change how the sign before amount came to be.
minus-squarejenesaisquoi@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·27 days agoIt does make obsolete the formatting rule though
minus-squareWaterSword@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·27 days agoI mean it’s just what you’re used to. I’m from the Netherlands, so for me seeing 240 € looks weird. That’s just how language works. (Which is great in my opinion, there never should be one exact way to do language)
I stand corrected. According to this they used the wrong abbreviation for billion then though: ‘B’ instead of ‘bn’
But also ew: “− €240”
It makes no sense to me since all other units come after the amount, or do you write “– °F56”
I think it is so because the amount is written on checks and putting the sign before the amount prevents adding more numbers.
It’s 2025, not even the perpetually outdated USA uses checks anymore
Ok? It doesn’t change how the sign before amount came to be.
It does make obsolete the formatting rule though
I mean it’s just what you’re used to. I’m from the Netherlands, so for me seeing 240 € looks weird. That’s just how language works. (Which is great in my opinion, there never should be one exact way to do language)