Goo'day, Wol
At 22:46 08/07/05 +0100, you wrote:
I<snip>
As I say, I thought it came from over the pond - looks like I might have
been wrong ...
Just like "billion" .....
We have a perfectly good language and somebody comes along and buggers it
up .... <grin>
Cheers,
Wol
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gerry-u2ug <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
"american notation is to use a space as a thousands separator" - on
which planet is that ?
Apologies if I'm wrong, but European usage has always been 1.234,56
while British usage was 1,234.56. Our usage has changed to 1 234.56 and
I thought we'd imported it from America, like so many other things...
Cheers,
Wol
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