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minus-squareoopsgodisdeadmybad@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down6·edit-28 hours agoI would love to see information about why some countries do that. It’s called a point.
minus-squareRichard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·8 hours agoIt is called a decimal separator. Should be obvious why languages that use a point for it would call it “decimal point”. Other languages refer to it as comma.
minus-squareGrandwolf319@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 hours agoIt really bugged me until I realize it basically means 919 euros AND 0 cents. Whereas in North America we basically would say $919.99 meaning $919 dollars and 99% of a dollar.
I would love to see information about why some countries do that.
It’s called a point.
It is called a decimal separator. Should be obvious why languages that use a point for it would call it “decimal point”. Other languages refer to it as comma.
It really bugged me until I realize it basically means 919 euros AND 0 cents.
Whereas in North America we basically would say $919.99 meaning $919 dollars and 99% of a dollar.