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[Scott Knitter]

Apparently it varies between the various German-speaking countries,
but in Germany the officially correct way to show monetary amounts is
with a comma: 15,95 EUR or 15,95 Euro. Retailers do whatever they
want, though, and some use a decimal point instead of a comma.

On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 9:59 AM, P. Dan Brittain
<pdan.brittain at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 8:39 AM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Germany, for one. Commas are used instead of decimal points in prices.
>>
>
>  I remember that with the DM; can't remember about the Euro.
>
>
>> > On May 27, 2016, at 8:21 PM, Sibyl Smirl <polycarpa3 at ckt.net> wrote:
>> >
>> >  Oddly enough, the ones that say that I owe them a zillion (specified)
>> dollars have a _comma_ between the dollars and the cents, not a period.
>> Does anyone know where this kind of notation is the standard?
>> >
>>
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