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[–] [email protected] 55 points 1 week ago (20 children)

It's a standard for the Euro-zone.

It is supposed to be read XXXX,XX€, because what is being stated is the amount and then the currency.

I insisted in writing it in the opposite way and it was an accountant that corrected me.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 week ago (8 children)

The actual standard for English language (as well as Irish, Maltese and Dutch) is € first: https://style-guide.europa.eu/en/content/-/isg/topic?identifier=7.3.3-rules-for-expressing-monetary-units

For all other languages it's value first.

Luckily no one remembered to put it in the middle yet, which I assume is only because 50€10 looks cursed.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Luckily no one remembered to put it in the middle yet, which I assume is only because 50€10 looks cursed.

Exceptionally, the symbol for the Cape Verdean escudo (like the Portuguese escudo, to which it was formerly pegged) is placed in the decimal separator position, as in 2$50.

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[–] TwitchingCheese 4 points 6 days ago

Those lucky bastards are the only ones that get to use this handy feature in Dream Berd

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