fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 8 months agoit works! only 99.99$!mander.xyzimagemessage-square113fedilinkarrow-up11.28Karrow-down118
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minus-squareReddfugee42@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·8 months agoIt looks like OP tried to write $99.99 but got drunk and wrote it backwards
minus-squareVinnyDaCat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 months agoCould be Québécois . They put the dollar sign after the number, rather than before if I recall.
minus-squaregeneral_kitten@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·8 months agoOr from a country that uses a currency that puts their sign afterwards so not that familiar with dollars
minus-squareAussiemandeus@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·edit-28 months agoIt makes sense to put then sign after We say 99.99 dollars not dollars 99.99
minus-squaregeneral_kitten@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoExactly why i have made the same mistake often also
minus-squareReddfugee42@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoTheir own national standards documents prescribe putting it in front when using English
minus-squarecaseyweederman@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zt2xW8nh864
It looks like OP tried to write $99.99 but got drunk and wrote it backwards
Could be Québécois . They put the dollar sign after the number, rather than before if I recall.
Or from a country that uses a currency that puts their sign afterwards so not that familiar with dollars
It makes sense to put then sign after
We say 99.99 dollars not dollars 99.99
Exactly why i have made the same mistake often also
Their own national standards documents prescribe putting it in front when using English
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zt2xW8nh864