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I understand the joke and I agree with the sentiment, but it drives me fucking insane when people put the dollar symbol after the dollar amount.
IMO it is the right way to do it (I know it isn't in the US) You already do it for measurement symbols so why is it before when money is involved
It depends on the language. Here in Canada for example the sign goes in front if it's written in English, and behind when written in French. Also, I have only ever seen the euro sign be behind the value.
Do you say "it costs five dollars" or "it costs dollar five"? Write as you speak, please.
Do you write 4$ and 50¢?
Or do you write $4.50
And if you write $4.50 do you say "dollars four period fifty"?
That's not nearly the justification that you think it is.
I write 5 zł (5 zlotys, 5 PLN) or 5€ (5 euros, 5 EUR) because in Europe we don't unnecesarily invert the currency symbol compared to what we speak. The following system, which I found on Wikipedia, would make the most sense:
That'd be perfectly consistent with what we speak and solve the problem of fractional currency notation as well.
Do you write 4$ or $4 if you don't have cents? I really don't know how you do it in US