Totally random question for the Europeans regarding the decimal point.

[thechidz]

No, it's just plain wrong.

makes sense to me... day=shortest time span. month= next shortest, year= longest

 

[Jaffa Cake]

No, that is, or should be, established by two spaces, and a following capital letter, or two carriage returns for a new paragraph, and a capital letter.

The two spaces at the start of a sentence are a throwback to typewriters and their monospaced lettering. When using a modern word processing app, for example, and you're using a proportionally spaced font there's no need at all to put the two spaces in. From a typographic point of view, it looks bloody awful.

 

[PlaceofDis]

No, that's just because you're gay.

can't be that, because i put lines through my sevens too. and i know i'm not gay. sorry.

 

[iSamurai]

Hey dudes and dudettes.
Now that's all fine but how would you pronounce the number? Surely you don't say "two comma four gighertz" but I can't be sure. Do you say "two point four" or not?

Haha - "dudettes"

ok, I do use the comma when writing. BTW just wrote a maths exam today (yeah, Saturday).

But you say it "two point four". some confused people would say "two comma four" which is really odd (even, rather).

Anyway, but when I type, I use the . because sometimes the computer doesn't recognise it like in excel... although TV ads, news, whatever else all use the comma. (When I type an essay I would use a comma for numbers - I use the point only for calculating purposes)

Lastly, I grew up in South Africa, a country that uses the British system.

 

[skunk]

In polite society, anyway.

Not in polite typesetting society these days. You are out of date. Two spaces after a full stop is definitely passé.

can't be that, because i put lines through my sevens too. and i know i'm not gay. sorry.

In that case you must be French, but in the closet.

 

[iJohnHenry]

Not in polite typesetting society these days. You are out of date. Two spaces after a full stop is definitely passé.

Well, I am well passé-ed it myself.

I still prefer the larger gap, to aid in visual recognition.

My thumb has a mind of it's own anyway. Always hits the space bar twice. (Even if it's not shown here.)

 

[xUKHCx]

So is the American date format a typo or not?

No, it's just plain wrong.

makes sense to me... day=shortest time span. month= next shortest, year= longest

Just to jump in here but isn't the American date format is MM/DD/YY? Which would be Second Shortest / Shortest / Longest which is not very logical according to your line of thought.

 

[iJohnHenry]

Oh, how right you are.

Year, Month, Day, or Day, Month, Year, is far superior.

The Year indicates if it's July 8th or August 7th.

 

[benmrii]

Just to jump in here but isn't the American date format is MM/DD/YY? Which would be Second Shortest / Shortest / Longest which is not very logical according to your line of thought.

Pfft... leave your "logic" over there with your dirty metric system!

 

[Beric]

Pfft... leave your "logic" over there with your dirty metric system!

Honestly, as an American, our way of ordering the date is stupid and illogical.

 

[benmrii]

Honestly, as an American, our way of ordering the date is stupid and illogical.

That and our refusal to adopt the metric system. I was trying to funny/facetious.

 

[dukebound85]

Just to jump in here but isn't the American date format is MM/DD/YY? Which would be Second Shortest / Shortest / Longest which is not very logical according to your line of thought.

all i know is this

8/2/08 registers A LOT easier than 2/8/08 (its not feb!!!!) to me

1,399.99 is alot easier to understand than 1.399,99 (is that right? i dunno lol)

and i can visualize 40mph a lot easier than 10m/s
or 100lbs than stones (seriously, stones?? lol) or even kg's (although not as bad)
or 5'11'' than 1.4 m lol

so i concur that the American system is the best

 

[iJohnHenry]

So i concur that the American system is the best.

How quickly you forget.

 

[Peterkro]

They just different and not better or worse, personally I prefer the 08/08/02
method but that's just me. Stones, Pecks, hundredweights etc all have their uses.

 

[dukebound85]

How quickly you forget.

lol yea anytime there are different systems you will have mixups.

 

[skunk]

all i know is this

8/2/08 registers A LOT easier than 2/8/08 (its not feb!!!!) to me

Still makes no sense whatever.

1,399.99 is alot easier to understand than 1.399,99 (is that right? i dunno lol)

That makes sense.

and i can visualize 40mph a lot easier than 10m/s

It would be 64kph, not 10m/s.

or 100lbs than stones (seriously, stones?? lol)

7st 2lbs. It's all avoirdupois, it's just that arithmetically-challenged Americans can't divide by 14.

or even kg's (although not as bad)

roughly 45·5Kg: is that any easier?

or 5'11'' than 1.4 m

Nowhere near: it's 1m80.

 

[dukebound85]

Still makes no sense whatever.

That makes sense.

It would be 64kph, not 10m/s.
7st 2lbs. It's all avoirdupois, it's just that arithmetically-challenged Americans can't divide by 14. roughly 45·5Kg: is that any easier?
Nowhere near: it's 1m80.

well my examples were not suppose to be conversions lol although i can see how some may perceive that when looking at my post

 

[yg17]

Over here, we use a point, just like you. In France, and all over continental Europe, they use a comma, and say "deux vergule quatre", and so on. We're not that European yet.

So, what does vergule translate to? Point? Comma? Something else?

 

[skunk]

So, what does vergule translate to? Point? Comma? Something else?

Vergule=comma.

 

[im_to_hyper]

Well that's because you're an American. Americans think everything is a typo.

Well you're being the ignorant douche who thinks that "surely 2,4 couldn't ACTUALLY be read aloud as two-comma-four, because I don't do it that way!" I've always said (in German) two-comma-four, and ,08mg would be read as "comma-zero-08"

Surely the word BBQ would be read as "bee-bee-keew" and not "Barbie" (which is clearly a doll), or "Barbeque"

So before you be a douche, be less ignorant first.

 

[skunk]

Have you forgotten to take your tablets again?

 

[iJohnHenry]

What's the funniest thing in Eddy Duchin's band.

Eddie Duchin himself.