I really enjoy not being able to write a number down until the person is done speaking.
And who thought that using commas (,) instead of periods (.) for decimal numbers was a good idea? How am I supposed to open my bank statement in Excel?
Now look, I wouldn't dare to try and tell you to do as the Swedes, who seem to have figured out numbers before you.
But perhaps you'll settle for collectively agreeing to copying the Norwegians instead?
Thank you for your consideration.
Edit:
I originally tagged this as "humor" because it was a joke, but it seems people took this very seriously and even changed the flair to "discussion".
It was not my intention to offend the numerically disabled. I only think it would make more sense to say "tyvefem".
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The original was posted on /r/denmark by /u/TheDerperer at 2024-02-04 16:12:01+00:00.
Leoparden91 at 2024-02-04 16:20:18+00:00 ID:
kow70urHow slow is the person speaking since you need to write down the number mid-sentence? ;)
Well almost of Europe uses comma as decimal separator, except for UK and Ireland, so maybe it's not us who are in the wrong here.
Medical-Chipmunk2070 at 2024-02-04 20:11:01+00:00 ID:
koxaajtThis is to differentiaye between ending a sentence and a number
Megelsen at 2024-02-04 18:52:21+00:00 ID:
kowx03aAlso some specific regions in Switzerland (Zürich, St. Gallen). I grew up with e.g. 10'000.5 for ten thousand and a half.
Medical-Chipmunk2070 at 2024-02-04 20:12:13+00:00 ID:
koxahy7Thats keyboard specific tho. And swizz historically hide in languages and code. How do you think they stayed neutral? By NOT speaking THREE - VARIATIONS of their surrounding. Countries languages??
Leoparden91 at 2024-02-04 19:29:38+00:00 ID:
kox39zqNever new that. Does it vary from regions depending on French or German?
Megelsen at 2024-02-04 23:29:15+00:00 ID:
koy6lb6No, most use comma, but two specific Swiss German speaking regions use dot.