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minus-squareZwiebel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·8 hours 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-squareWaterSword@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours 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)
minus-squareTeNppa@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 hours 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minus-squarejenesaisquoi@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 hours agoIt’s 2025, not even the perpetually outdated USA uses checks anymore
minus-squareTeNppa@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 minutes agoOk? It doesn’t change how the sign before amount came to be.
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 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 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It’s 2025, not even the perpetually outdated USA uses checks anymore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.