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**Frownland** · 08-23-2017, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by MicShazam

I keep forgetting that Americans use a "." instead of a "," for decimals. Or at least sometimes? I'm confused.

We always use decimal points to mark points where decimals are instead of commas, yes.

~~MicShazam~~ · 08-23-2017, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

We always use decimal points to mark points where decimals are instead of commas, yes.

We use the Metric system, so we win. All arbitrary, old types of measurings were thrown out somewhere around the 50's and everything was standardized into something that made sense. It's possible that the naval profession still uses things like sea miles and knots.

EDIT: Off topic by miles, I mean kilometers.

**Frownland** · 08-23-2017, 02:05 PM

When you get down to it 10 is an arbitrary number too you socially constructed bitch.

~~MicShazam~~ · 08-23-2017, 02:09 PM

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When you get down to it 10 is an arbitrary number too you socially constructed bitch.

Some arbitrary social constructs make more sense. In any case, it's nice not to have to convert things since all units easily translate to other units by simply moving the comma (sorry, "decimal point").

I hate it when english language texts refer to people's height in feet and other nonsense like that. Learn to metric, bitches.

**Frownland** · 08-23-2017, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by MicShazam

Some arbitrary social constructs make more sense.

Say that to the man with eleven fingers.

Tbh I'm more of a descriptive unit kind of guy. "Really ****ing tall" is a lot more clear than "ten tenometers and a tenteenth."

~~MicShazam~~ · 08-23-2017, 02:12 PM

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Tbh I'm more of a descriptive unit kind of guy. "Really ****ing tall" is a lot more clear than "ten tenometers and a tenteenth."

For literature, I think I'd agree. I don't need to know the exact measurements of the whole cast.

Trollheart · 08-23-2017, 02:28 PM

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I read this as 2,066 dollars and was muchly concerned.

Me too

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Originally Posted by MicShazam

That would take some inflation.

I keep forgetting that Americans use a "." instead of a "," for decimals. Or at least sometimes? I'm confused.

Um, we all use them. That's why they're called decimal points? I think it's one of the few grammatical constants on which both Americans and others agree.

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For literature, I think I'd agree. I don't need to know the exact measurements of the whole cast.

Unless one of them is Raquel Welch (showing my age but come on...)

~~MicShazam~~ · 08-23-2017, 02:32 PM

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Um, we all use them. That's why they're called decimal points? I think it's one of the few grammatical constants on which both Americans and others agree.

When writing large numbers there's a difference in how we separate thousands. To me, writing a million as 1,000,000 looks all wrong. I'd write it as 1.000.000.
Thus, the decimal marker is also opposite.

So for the most of the world, one million point ninety nine would be written as 1,000,000.99 and becomes 1.000.000,99 in Danish. This is one area where we're admittedly backwards. There's been talk of changing the rules since school children are using technology with international notation these days.

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Unless one of them is Raquel Welch (showing my age but come on...)

I'm only faintly taller than her.

Trollheart · 08-23-2017, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by MicShazam

When writing large numbers there's a difference in how we separate thousands. To me, writing a million as 1,000,000 looks all wrong. I'd write it as 1.000.000.
Thus, the decimal marker is also opposite.

So for the most of the world, one million point ninety nine: 1,000,000.99 becomes 1.000.000,99 in Danish. This is one area where we're admittedly backwards. There's been talk of changing the rules since school children are using technology with international notation these days.

No. That would be one. With a lot of zeroes behind it. I've never heard of anyone use commas instead of decimal points. Commas for thousands and up, decimal points for any sort of fraction. I never remember it being any other way.

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I'm only faintly taller than her.

That is of course what I was referring to.

**Frownland** · 08-23-2017, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

No. That would be one. With a lot of zeroes behind it. I've never heard of anyone use commas instead of decimal points. Commas for thousands and up, decimal points for any sort of fraction. I never remember it being any other way.

Don't worry TH, it's a real thing.

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