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minus-squareFlamekebab@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down4·15 hours agoHave we just given up on putting the currency symbol in the correct place? (I know some currencies have the symbol after it, but I’m not aware of any dollar currencies that work that way)
minus-squareparlaptie@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·2 hours agoNo, the US doesn’t have sole authority to dictate what the correct place is to the entire world.
minus-squareFlamekebab@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 hour agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dollar#Economies_that_use_a_"dollar" I wasn’t asking on behalf of the US specifically. Pounds also work like that.
minus-squareSkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up14·edit-27 hours agoPutting the currency symbol after always made more sense to me. It’s how every other unit of measurement works, why should currency be different?
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 hours agoafaik it’s on the left to stop people adding in more numbers on cheques.
minus-squarelengau@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·7 hours agoJust the other day I was thinking we should use the currency symbol as the decimal marker. So something could cost 9$99
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·11 hours agoYes? Is it going to confuse anyone?
minus-squareREDACTED@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·11 hours agoCorrect is whatever next generation of society adapts. It’s 10 dollars not dollars 10. I personally don’t care, I just don’t see the problem
Have we just given up on putting the currency symbol in the correct place?
(I know some currencies have the symbol after it, but I’m not aware of any dollar currencies that work that way)
No, the US doesn’t have sole authority to dictate what the correct place is to the entire world.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dollar#Economies_that_use_a_"dollar"
I wasn’t asking on behalf of the US specifically. Pounds also work like that.
Putting the currency symbol after always made more sense to me. It’s how every other unit of measurement works, why should currency be different?
afaik it’s on the left to stop people adding in more numbers on cheques.
Just the other day I was thinking we should use the currency symbol as the decimal marker. So something could cost 9$99
Yes? Is it going to confuse anyone?
Correct is whatever next generation of society adapts. It’s 10 dollars not dollars 10. I personally don’t care, I just don’t see the problem