Forgive this old man moment:
I am seeing the dollar sign get put at the end of a dollar figure ( ex: 200$ ) more and more frequently and it's really starting to get to me.
I understand the logic - this is in line with other units, and we say the word "dollar" after the number in speech.
But, dear reader, I was taught how currency works in school, and I am also surrounded by price tags both in stores and online listings, and am thus thoroughly bewildered by this.
That is all.
@TechConnectify this one bugs me too
but not nearly as much as the “how xyz does thing?” phrasing that got started in badly produced spam (made in foreign countries by people who didn’t speak good english) and is for some reason everywhere now, especially video and other content titles 😵💫
@amy I'm not sure I've noticed that - or if I had, I would assume it was from someone for whom English isn't their first language.
But now if I start seeing it I'm blaming you!
@TechConnectify The recent annoying trend to me is people writing “ups” instead of oops. I don’t know why.
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@TechConnectify I feel you. I see these occasional discussions about 2 spaces after a period. I learned to type on a big cast iron manual typewriter. I cannot be retrained at this point. When we all die, you won't have to see our 2 spaces. ;)
@TechConnectify quite bizarre that so many English-as-a-first-language Americans are failing to be indoctrinated by schools & the vast majority of price tags & whatnot with which they're constantly surrounded - I assume this & other issues are because people are learning more & more of their language from peers on social media and the like, at younger & younger ages? I'm starting to question our convention of putting the currency symbol first, but f**k if it isn't wild not to pick up on it lol