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re: Recently I've noticed a lot of people putting the dollar sign after the number
Posted on 7/28/16 at 1:09 pm to White Roach
Posted on 7/28/16 at 1:09 pm to White Roach
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I'm going to highjack this thread for a second. Do you guys interpret a "M" as millions or thousands? Several individuals in my company use the single "M" for thousands, and the double "MM" to represent millions.
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They do that because it is the correct abbreviation. Roman numerals, brah.
Sidenote: Those same people can probably also write in cursive.
I always thought it was related to the French mille (thousands).
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Posted on 7/28/16 at 1:10 pm to tom1987
M$GA
Posted on 7/28/16 at 1:13 pm to White Roach
quote:quote:They do that because it is the correct abbreviation. Roman numerals, brah.
I'm going to highjack this thread for a second. Do you guys interpret a "M" as millions or thousands? Several individuals in my company use the single "M" for thousands, and the double "MM" to represent millions.
It's not "correct", it's just older. Which, in most cases, means worse.
It doesn't make any goddamned sense to mix roman and arabic numerals, and "that's just how they do it" is not a good reason for anything. No thought whatsoever was put into this decision. MM means two thousand, not one million. What fricking idiot decided he could change how an ancient numeral system works and everyone should go along with it?
Posted on 7/28/16 at 1:17 pm to tom1987
I've done it recently and it's because I mash the numbers accidentally before the $ or I plan on spelling out "dollars" but get lazy and just hit the sign. Good enough for a message board.
Posted on 7/28/16 at 1:20 pm to tom1987
I'll ask this here: WTF is up these internet people using th word Yuge instead of Huge?
Posted on 7/28/16 at 1:21 pm to eddieray
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Millennials
This....girl at my office alphabetized my files by first name instead of last.
Posted on 7/28/16 at 1:23 pm to tom1987
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instead of before.... 20$ instead of $20.
I've never seen this before, but it seems to have recently become a thing.
What am I missing?
European influence on our American ways.
Posted on 7/28/16 at 1:23 pm to foshizzle
quote:I think mille means 1000 in Latin.
I always thought it was related to the French mille (thousands).
Posted on 7/28/16 at 1:24 pm to LSUballs
quote:Trump meme
I'll ask this here: WTF is up these internet people using th word Yuge instead of Huge?
Posted on 7/28/16 at 1:25 pm to Black n Gold
quote:
I'm going to highjack this thread for a second. Do you guys interpret a "M" as millions or thousands? Several individuals in my company use the single "M" for thousands, and the double "MM" to represent millions.
I realize it can work either way...but I usually use "K" for thousand because kilo=1,000 and M for million because mega=1,000,000.
Posted on 7/28/16 at 1:28 pm to Korkstand
Gotcha
Posted on 7/28/16 at 1:28 pm to tom1987
I've also seen a fair number of idiots putting the percent sign in front of the number from time to time.
I definitely think it is some how related to typing often on smartphones. And just a lack of caring about the way things should be.
I definitely think it is some how related to typing often on smartphones. And just a lack of caring about the way things should be.
Posted on 7/28/16 at 1:29 pm to LSUBoo
I think Brits put £ before the number. The € is used after it.
Posted on 7/28/16 at 1:32 pm to tom1987
yeah whats the 100 thing i see all over the place too?
Posted on 7/28/16 at 1:35 pm to tke857
I think that's from "The Nightly Show" with Larry Wilmore. He does a segment called "Keep it 100", as in 100% true (to yourself, or whatever).
Posted on 7/28/16 at 1:52 pm to Korkstand
The dollar sign should be before the number, M=1000, and always use the Oxford comma.
Posted on 7/28/16 at 1:53 pm to tom1987
I see this about %40 of the time
Posted on 7/28/16 at 1:53 pm to ProjectP2294
quote:Two out of three ain't bad.
The dollar sign should be before the number, M=1000, and always use the Oxford comma.
Posted on 7/28/16 at 1:56 pm to Sasquatch Smash
quote:I kind of "get" putting the $ at the end because that's how we read it, but putting the % in the front takes a whole different kind of idiot.
I've also seen a fair number of idiots putting the percent sign in front of the number
Posted on 7/28/16 at 1:58 pm to ProjectP2294
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The dollar sign should be before the number, M=1000, and always use the Oxford comma.
frick the Oxford comma.
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