Uhhhhh. I don't know how to approach this question. I've seen it here and there on credit card statements and fine print, but now I'm seeing ordinary folks writing it in comments.

Why are people using commas instead of periods in percentages?

For example:
I would write 2.9%.

The new fad people:
one would write 2,9%


Any explanation?

6/9/2011 11:57:28 PM

k

6/9/2011 11:58:17 PM

special k

6/9/2011 11:58:35 PM

3,000,000,000 Euros


This is shameful trolling and i think this kind of shit should be banned from TWW

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6/9/2011 11:59:00 PM

This is why your pizza place failed

6/9/2011 11:59:07 PM

^why do you even respond to this shit. he is obviously trolling

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6/9/2011 11:59:31 PM

that yogurt and berries or whatever special k is good

shit it might not even be special k

6/10/2011 12:00:01 AM

that's the common way to do it in some other cultures. hmmm lemme google to see which ones specifically. . .

Quote :

"Countries where a dot is used to mark the radix point include: Australia, Botswana, British West Indies, Brunei, Canada (English-speaking), Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Korea (both North and South), Lebanon, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Nepal, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, People's Republic of China, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Switzerland (only when the amount is in Swiss francs[13]), Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States (including insular areas), Zimbabwe. Countries using Arabic numerals with decimal comma Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada (French-speaking), Costa Rica, Croatia (comma used officially, but both forms are in use elsewhere), Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Estonia, Faroes, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Honduras, Hungary, Indonesia, Iceland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg (uses both marks officially), Macau (in Portuguese text), Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Netherlands, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, South Africa (officially[14]), Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam. "

6/10/2011 12:00:03 AM

^OH REALLY?

YOU WON THE GOT TROLLED AWARD

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6/10/2011 12:00:23 AM

That is the notation in some countries.


Or they are just running with a typo?

6/10/2011 12:00:24 AM

has the definition of trolling changed recently or something?

6/10/2011 12:02:20 AM

Why are cocoa puffs called cocoa puffs if there is no cocaine in them?

6/10/2011 12:02:58 AM

Thanks sarijoul

6/10/2011 12:03:56 AM

No, the definition of trolling hasn't changed. Thread was not trolling.

6/10/2011 12:05:36 AM

what is zed!??!?!?!??

6/10/2011 12:07:03 AM

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"has the definition of trolling changed recently or something?"

Intentionally pretending to be ignorant for months at a time so that people come into your thread and say "You are dumb" is not trolling? Sure its the lowest of all lowbrow... but its still trolling. Take anything DNL posted in the soap box... drop it down 3 levels and you have this kind of shit. Same from lafta or pyderi or whoever the other one that still does this shit 24/7



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6/10/2011 12:07:21 AM

Zelda is the sexiest Nintendo character of all time.

6/10/2011 12:07:34 AM

SAMUS IS HOW DARE YOU

6/10/2011 12:14:33 AM

I fail to see how this thread is dumb.

If you had any experience with legal contracts, a symbol can change the entire meaning of a number or sentence. It's the difference between nude and naked. They're practically the same thing until you know the fine differences in the details. They don't just make up two words with the same exact meaning for no reason... unless you're using two difference systems of languages.

6/10/2011 12:17:42 AM

Dot not feather.

6/10/2011 12:55:02 AM

^^*different*

anyway you may have also been confused when people write 1325 (British usage) for what you may understand to be 1:25PM

or when people write Sunday 19 June 2011 or 19-6-2011 for Sunday, June 19, 2011, or 6/19/2011 (the 146th anniversary of Juneteenth)

6/10/2011 7:45:52 AM

Did the bank take your pizza place because you used decimal commas instead of the radix point?

6/10/2011 8:11:42 AM

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"Why are people using commas instead of periods in percentages?"

Sounds like someone fiddled with their own internal regional settings.

6/10/2011 8:14:27 AM