@tetris11@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 7 days ago"1.32 MB" Is that pronounced, "one-point-three-two" megabytes, or "one-point-thirty-two" megabytes?message-square68fedilinkarrow-up169arrow-down14
arrow-up165arrow-down1message-square"1.32 MB" Is that pronounced, "one-point-three-two" megabytes, or "one-point-thirty-two" megabytes?@tetris11@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 7 days agomessage-square68fedilink
minus-square@pipes@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink3•7 days agoI had the same experience (also European), but didn’t know the Americans changed it specifically for bytes
minus-square@lolcatnip@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglish3•7 days agoWe don’t. That’s just the normal way most people pronounce numbers with a decimal point. The big exception is prices: $1.32 is often pronounced “one thirty two”.
I had the same experience (also European), but didn’t know the Americans changed it specifically for bytes
We don’t. That’s just the normal way most people pronounce numbers with a decimal point. The big exception is prices: $1.32 is often pronounced “one thirty two”.
Oh I see, thank you