Blaze (he/him) to Data is Beautiful@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 months agoCharacter used to separate the decimal from the integerlemmy.mlimagemessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up1244arrow-down18
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minus-squarecalcopiritus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoWhy would we say that? There’s a comma, we say comma. Otherwise would be confusing.
minus-squarereddig33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoThere’s a period in English, but we don’t say period. We say point. I was wondering about French because they also have the word “point”, but looking it up they say “and” or sometimes “comma”.
minus-squarecalcopiritus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoA point is a dot though. Isn’t it? In spanish “punto” means “dot”. It probably comes from latin.
minus-squareLinnce@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoIn portuguese point and period are the same word “ponto”
Why would we say that?
There’s a comma, we say comma. Otherwise would be confusing.
There’s a period in English, but we don’t say period. We say point.
I was wondering about French because they also have the word “point”, but looking it up they say “and” or sometimes “comma”.
A point is a dot though. Isn’t it? In spanish “punto” means “dot”. It probably comes from latin.
In portuguese point and period are the same word “ponto”