Sure, but the point still stands that the placement of the symbol isn’t one nation standing alone - it’s one of two options and the world is split. Some currencies work one way, some the other.
I don’t like France but I still respect it’s preferred placement of its currency symbols, both present and historic. Seems rather arrogant otherwise.
Have we just given up on putting the currency symbol in the correct place?
(I know some currencies have the symbol after it, but I’m not aware of any dollar currencies that work that way)
Putting the currency symbol after always made more sense to me. It’s how every other unit of measurement works, why should currency be different?
afaik it’s on the left to stop people adding in more numbers on cheques.
No, the US doesn’t have sole authority to dictate what the correct place is to the entire world.
This is not a US thing…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dollar#Economies_that_use_a_"dollar"
I wasn’t asking on behalf of the US specifically. Pounds also work like that.
The British hold even less sway over me
Sure, but the point still stands that the placement of the symbol isn’t one nation standing alone - it’s one of two options and the world is split. Some currencies work one way, some the other.
I don’t like France but I still respect it’s preferred placement of its currency symbols, both present and historic. Seems rather arrogant otherwise.
Correct is whatever next generation of society adapts. It’s 10 dollars not dollars 10. I personally don’t care, I just don’t see the problem
Yes? Is it going to confuse anyone?
Just the other day I was thinking we should use the currency symbol as the decimal marker. So something could cost 9$99