tetris11@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 8 hours ago"1.32 MB" Is that pronounced, "one-point-three-two" megabytes, or "one-point-thirty-two" megabytes?message-squaremessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down13
arrow-up137arrow-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 · 8 hours agomessage-square64fedilink
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·7 hours agoI mostly heard it one point thirty two? Grew up in Sweden, living in France. If someone says one point three two I’d assume they’re Americans. I might be totally wrong, just stating what I have heard
minus-squarepipes@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 hours agoI had the same experience (also European), but didn’t know the Americans changed it specifically for bytes
minus-squarelolcatnip@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·47 minutes 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”.
minus-squaretetris11@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 hours agoNo that’s interesting, I was wondering if there was a cultural divide. Thirty two sounds so alien to me, but I heard it in a Nerdstalgic video and wondered if it was an American thing
minus-squareBlisterexe@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-27 hours agoDefinitely, in frech itd be un point trente-deux mégaoctets or 1.32mo edit: forgot not everyone speaks french, the french version is one point thirty-two
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 hours agoSwedish would do the same as french, en komma trettitvå. Potentially some military would splice it up en komma tre två.
I mostly heard it one point thirty two? Grew up in Sweden, living in France. If someone says one point three two I’d assume they’re Americans.
I might be totally wrong, just stating what I have heard
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”.
No that’s interesting, I was wondering if there was a cultural divide.
Thirty two sounds so alien to me, but I heard it in a Nerdstalgic video and wondered if it was an American thing
Definitely, in frech itd be un point trente-deux mégaoctets or 1.32mo
edit: forgot not everyone speaks french, the french version is one point thirty-two
same in denmark!
oh interesting!
Swedish would do the same as french, en komma trettitvå. Potentially some military would splice it up en komma tre två.