On Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:37:47 -0600 "Dennis B. Hopp" <dh...@coreps.com> wrote:
> > > It is common in many parts of the world to use a period instead of a > > comma as a digit group separator, and vice-versa for the decimal > > separator. > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thousands_separator#Digit_grouping > > > > I knew it was common in other parts of the world, but for some > reason was thinking that when referring to US Dollars it wouldn't > be. Now that I think about it I can understand why my original > thought was wrong. I don't think you were all that wrong, the spam had: $800.000.00 USD I doubt there's any part of the world where they use the same symbol for both.