Dear Marcus,

I think it is one issue of east of Boston issue. In Europe comma is the
decimal point. In Turkey we use the same system as Europeans. But due to
'sphericalization' i think everything can be expressed in more than one way.
So i see both usages in practise.

1,000,000.00 euros=million euros 0 cent in America
1.000.000,00 euros=million euros here.

Ümit


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From: "Marcus Coltro" <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: [CONCH-L] RES: [CONCH-L] oil question


> I assume in the future only metric system will be used. Haven't you seen
Star Trek? They use
> kilometers for distance measurement.... :)
>
> Marcus
>
> >While everybody else East of Boston has adopted the metric system, only
> >Americans (and some South American tribals) haven't
>
> The Canadians seem reluctant to take up the metric system too. For
> instance, supermarkets use a hodgepodge mix of metric & nonmetric
> labels. And of course the English (industry apart) don't use the
> metric system at all. Fortunately scientists everywhere have
> generally accepted the metric system, and were often a long way ahead
> of everyone else at making the changeover long before metrication
> becams the norm.
>
> Funny how, despite the metric system having started there, most
> Europeans (the Brisish excepted) still are unable to write currency
> figures correctly! Ever notice how they use a comma instead of the
> correct decimal point? A comma is NOT a decimal point. 500,00¤ does
> NOT mean five hundred euro; instead it is a meaningless nonnumber. I
> have had embarrassing experiences with European shell dealers because
> of this. The way to write five hundred euro in symbols is ¤500.00. I
> hope European dealers reading this take note.
>
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