Blaze@lemmy.blahaj.zone to pics@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months agoKummakivi is a 500.000 kg rock in Finland that has been balancing on another rock for 11.000 yearsfiles.catbox.moeimagemessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up141arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up140arrow-down1imageKummakivi is a 500.000 kg rock in Finland that has been balancing on another rock for 11.000 yearsfiles.catbox.moeBlaze@lemmy.blahaj.zone to pics@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months agomessage-square39fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarekeyAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoIs there a country that uses a different thousands separator based on unit?
minus-squareboredtortoise@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 months agoFinland uses space for thousands (and comma for decimals), so an article in Finnish would have 500 000 kg
minus-square4am@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoYes, in a lot of places a period is used for order-of-magnitude separation and comma is used for decimal places. In this title the use seems inconsistent.
Is there a country that uses a different thousands separator based on unit?
Finland uses space for thousands (and comma for decimals), so an article in Finnish would have 500 000 kg
Yes, in a lot of places a period is used for order-of-magnitude separation and comma is used for decimal places.
In this title the use seems inconsistent.