Why do Americans put the dollar symbol first?
$100
My brain: Dollar hundred
In much of Europe, we just shorten the currency to two letters, like kr for krone/krona and write it like:
100 kr
Why is it $100 and not 100 dl or 100 $?
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In the UK we put the £ symbol first too, e.g £00, but I think in Europe they would write 100 euro (with the euro symbol, which I don't have on my keyboard.
I mean, every country tries to be special.
Look at the Brits: Even driving on the wrong side
The US-Americans: Using °F and the MM/DD/YYYY date format
The Swiss: Direct democracy (no one else trusts the people to decide about their own taxes and stuff)
The French: Trying to convince people, their language has any relevance and should be understood abroad.
@zleap
This is true. We write 100€, but putting the £ (or $) makes actually a lot of sense, if you want to add a multiplier to the number.
E.g.
She made £150K last year.
Our company will spend $40M on Microsoft licensing fees this year.
@thor