I’m a bit lost here. Should I use british conventions? US conventions? Is there indian conventions? Or maybe cultural points I should be aware of?

Google is confusing me more than it is helping me?

Thanks.

  • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
    2·
    2 months ago

    US: $1,234.56

    Europe reverses that, so €1.234,56

    Some of Europe does – but the UK doesn’t, and Ireland doesn’t.

    Also, looks like India uses a period as the decimal separator, the way the US does.

    https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DecimalSeparator.svg

    On the same note, a number of countries put the currency symbol at the end of a currency amount (postfix) rather than the beginning (prefix).

    It looks like all of the UK, India, and the US use a prefix currency symbol (e.g. $100, £100, ₹100).

    • jordanlund@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 months ago

      India starts getting odd with large amounts though which is why I linked to the Wiki, I can’t wrap my brain around how it works.

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_numbering_system

      “The terms lakh or 1,00,000 (one hundred thousand, written as 100,000 outside the Indian subcontinent) and crore or 1,00,00,000[1] (ten million, written as 10,000,000 outside the subcontinent) are the most commonly used terms in Indian English to express large numbers in the system.”

      Soo…

      "lakh: 150,000 rupees in India is referred to as “1.5 lakh rupees”, which is written as 1,50,000 rupees;

      crore: 30,000,000 (thirty million) rupees is referred to as “3 crore rupees”, which is written as 3,00,00,000 rupees with commas at the thousand, lakh, and crore places."

      I guess if you grew up with it, it makes perfect sense.