The only numbers I will ever spell are one and zero, and only when using them as a pronoun, or for emphasis, respectively.

Is there ever a reason to not to use symbols when dealing with numbers? Why would “fourteen whatevers” ever be preferable to “14 whatevers”. It’s just so much easier to read numbers as symbols, not spelled out.

(Caveat, not including multipliers, like “273 billion”).

  • MisterFrog@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Swiss use ’ as a thousands separator

    TIL

    Appreciate your response friend. I look forward to a day where we standardise this, but we probably never will (and that’s probably fine haha)

    As cursed number formats go, India is the worst that comes to my mind:

    • European languages: 123,456,789 (groups of 103)
    • East Asia: 1,2345,6789 (groups of 104)

    Logical smooth sailing.

    • India: 12,34,56,789

    0_0 Why must you do this to me?

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_numbering_system