tetris11@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 10 days ago"1.32 MB" Is that pronounced, "one-point-three-two" megabytes, or "one-point-thirty-two" megabytes?message-squaremessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-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 · 10 days agomessage-square68fedilink
minus-squarepipes@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 days agoI had the same experience (also European), but didn’t know the Americans changed it specifically for bytes
minus-squarelolcatnip@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 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”.