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minus-squareAngryCommieKenderlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-21 year agoOk. What country uses apostrophes instead of commas, or periods? I had thought that India’s messed up comma system was the most irritating notation possible. I had never seen this notation.
minus-squarenxdefiant@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-21 year ago 1,00,000 what in the actual hell. ok so it kinda makes sense? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_numbering_system Still, wow.
minus-squareMonkderZweite@feddit.chlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoGerman i guess? The apostrophe for thousands, the dot for fractions. Using commas in numbers is the weird thing.
Ok. What country uses apostrophes instead of commas, or periods? I had thought that India’s messed up comma system was the most irritating notation possible. I had never seen this notation.
what in the actual hell.
ok so it kinda makes sense?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_numbering_system
Still, wow.
German i guess? The apostrophe for thousands, the dot for fractions. Using commas in numbers is the weird thing.