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[Ferdinand von Prondzynski]

Using a comma instead of a decimal point is standard across all of
non-Anglo Saxon Europe. A point is used to indicate thousands. So, in
Europe three thousand and a half would be 3.000,5

Ferdinand




Scott Knitter wrote:

>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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