noumenon@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 months agoEurope’s Top Economies in 2026 by Projected GDPlemmy.worldimagemessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up169
arrow-up169imageEurope’s Top Economies in 2026 by Projected GDPlemmy.worldnoumenon@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squareWaterSword@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·2 months agoIn English, the euro sign is in front of the amount. English/Dutch: €1 German/French/Spanish/Italian: 1 € Since this post is in English, the sign is in the correct place. Source: European Comission English style guide page 52
minus-squareZwiebel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-22 months agoI stand corrected. According to this they used the wrong abbreviation for billion then though: ‘B’ instead of ‘bn’ But also ew: “− €240” It makes no sense to me since all other units come after the amount, or do you write “– °F56”
minus-squareTeNppa@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoI think it is so because the amount is written on checks and putting the sign before the amount prevents adding more numbers.
minus-squarejenesaisquoi@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoIt’s 2025, not even the perpetually outdated USA uses checks anymore
minus-squareTeNppa@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoOk? It doesn’t change how the sign before amount came to be.
minus-squarejenesaisquoi@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoIt does make obsolete the formatting rule though
minus-squareWaterSword@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI mean it’s just what you’re used to. I’m from the Netherlands, so for me seeing 240 € looks weird. That’s just how language works. (Which is great in my opinion, there never should be one exact way to do language)
In English, the euro sign is in front of the amount.
English/Dutch: €1 German/French/Spanish/Italian: 1 €
Since this post is in English, the sign is in the correct place.
Source: European Comission English style guide page 52
I stand corrected. According to this they used the wrong abbreviation for billion then though: ‘B’ instead of ‘bn’
But also ew: “− €240”
It makes no sense to me since all other units come after the amount, or do you write “– °F56”
I think it is so because the amount is written on checks and putting the sign before the amount prevents adding more numbers.
It’s 2025, not even the perpetually outdated USA uses checks anymore
Ok? It doesn’t change how the sign before amount came to be.
It does make obsolete the formatting rule though
I mean it’s just what you’re used to. I’m from the Netherlands, so for me seeing 240 € looks weird. That’s just how language works. (Which is great in my opinion, there never should be one exact way to do language)