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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 3:01 pm to foshizzle
Posted on 7/28/16 at 3:01 pm to foshizzle
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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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Could be, but I bet the Romans were counting before the French.
M = 1,000 in Roman Numerals. I always thought MM represented one thousand thousands (1,000,000).
On the other hand, I am willing to admit that there is a possibility, however remote, that I'm completely wrong about all of this!
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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Could be, but I bet the Romans were counting before the French.
M = 1,000 in Roman Numerals. I always thought MM represented one thousand thousands (1,000,000).
On the other hand, I am willing to admit that there is a possibility, however remote, that I'm completely wrong about all of this!
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Posted on 7/28/16 at 3:08 pm to White Roach
quote:Glad you're willing to admit it, because you are absolutely wrong here.
M = 1,000 in Roman Numerals. I always thought MM represented one thousand thousands (1,000,000).
On the other hand, I am willing to admit that there is a possibility, however remote, that I'm completely wrong about all of this!
In Roman numerals, MM is 2,000. Just like XX is 20 and not 100. It's additive, not multiplicative.
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