In American English a period ( . ) is used as a decimal separator, but there are other places in the world where a comma ( , ) is used.

I would read a quantity of 7.5 as "seven point five" written as-is. But if you use a pause and not a point how do you read the number aloud?

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[–] 12 points 7 months ago (5 children)

In french I always heard them say virgule ie: 106,9 = cent six virgule neuf, in english 106.9 = one oh six point nine

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    In French. In English a virgule is a forward slash.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    TIL

    This thread is about other languages use of commas and since I am familiar with french (Canadian) that is what I spoke on

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago*

    Yeah, I don't think that's common knowledge. I never knew it was called that until I got into my profession. And I think it's only called that there because it's been around since before "forward slash" entered the vernacular.

    There are probably some similar circumstances, but almost everyone calls it "forward slash."

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