Euros and Commas

[jhurst]

Why do European ppl use commas instead of periods. I was on this one forum and everybody was talking about their 3,0 ghz processors....it was VERY confusing.

 

[hdeck]

it's not euros. it's everyone but americans.

 

You know what's weirder? When they're talking about one million, they write 1.000.000! :Q

 

[jhurst]

o

 

[HappyPuppy]

I thought you said "commies". 😀 Same thing, I suppose. 😉

 

[monk3y]

Originally posted by: hdeck
it's not euros. it's everyone but americans.

For real? Never knew that...

 

[jhurst]

Originally posted by: HappyPuppy
I thought you said "commies". 😀 Same thing, I suppose. 😉

Euros and Commies....ROFL....

 

[AcidicFury]

I always thought it depended on what type of usage was needed.

 

[CanOWorms]

I thought it was language-based. Do the British use the comma instead of a decimal?

 

[Hector13]

Originally posted by: hdeck
it's not euros. it's everyone but americans.

that is not true at all. I think both brits and the japanese use the same convestion as in the US.

the dictionary is neutral (i think) and uses spaces instead of commas or periods for larger numbers.


Also, it gets much more complicated... some countries consider a billion to be 1000 x a million. Some consider it to be a million^2.