why oh why is there no international agreed way how to write numbers. (although I prefer the english before the german...)
Decimal separator - Wikipedia
In the Middle Ages, before printing, a bar ( ¯ ) over the units digit was used to separate the integral part of a number from its fractional part, a tradition derived from the decimal system used in Indian mathematics.[1] Its regular usage and classification can be attributed to the Iranian mathematician Al-Khwarizmi. Later, a separator (ˌ) (a short, roughly vertical, ink stroke) between the units and tenths position became the norm. When this character was typeset, it was convenient to use the existing comma (,) or period (.) instead. In France, the period was already in use in printing to make Roman numerals more readable, so the comma was chosen. Many other countries also chose to use the comma to mark the decimal units position.[2] It has been made standard by the ISO for international blueprints. However, English-speaking countries took the comma to separate sequences of three digits.
In the Middle Ages, before printing, a bar ( ¯ ) over the units digit was used to separate the integral part of a number from its fractional part, a tradition derived from the decimal system used in Indian mathematics.[1] Its regular usage and classification can be attributed to the Iranian mathematician Al-Khwarizmi. Later, a separator (ˌ) (a short, roughly vertical, ink stroke) between the units and tenths position became the norm. When this character was typeset, it was convenient to use the existing comma (,) or period (.) instead.
In France, the period was already in use in printing to make Roman numerals more readable, so the comma was chosen. Many other countries also chose to use the comma to mark the decimal units position.[2] It has been made standard by the ISO for international blueprints. However, English-speaking countries took the comma to separate sequences of three digits.
Also, I prefer the international version not only because that's the one I learnt first, but for pure visual-practical reasons: because the comma as decimal separator is more prominent than the dot or space as thousands separator. *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
So all these measurements only get annoying in the miles per gallon - petrol consumption.
nobody buys by the gallon anymore, but they talk about that when the talk about fuel consumption. HE: Oh, I got 17 miles to the Gallon, I: that is, wait a moment. siebzehn, mal eins komma fuenf equalls fuenfundzwanzig komma fuenf kilometer hundred divided by that is about vier times gallon, no not 3.7, bu four point five.... What you used how much petrol, 16 liters on 100 kilometers?
sigh.
There is a SNP drive to introduce Tatties and brambles onto labels in Supermarkets, not sure about that. Are there regional naming variation in country wide operating supermarkets in other countries?
Do you know Paradeiser?
I thought that is a word mainly used in Austria, though the tomato at times is also called Paradiesapfel, I haven't heard the word in a long time.
The word in standard Hungarian (paradicsom) and Slovenian (paradižnik) are the equivalents of Paradeiser (e.g. shortened versions of 'paradise apple'). So it seems to be a cultural tradition that is both multilingual, and only regional within the state it emerged in (the Habsburg Empire). *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
60mpg = 4l/100km 40mpg = 6l/100km 30mpg = 8l/100km 25mpg = 10l/100km (well, just under) 20mpg = 12l/100km 16mpg = 15l/100km 12mpg = 20l/100km In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
