• [object Object]@lemmy.world
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    18 hours ago

    There are only two countries that use a currency named dollar and the comma as the decimal separator: Ecuador and Suriname. Which of them seem likely to have originated this English-language meme with typical US hourly rates?

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      10 hours ago

      Twitter, for all its faults, proved that a lot of people online with strong opinions about US politics are located in India, Pakistan, and southeast Asia. In my opinion one of these is the likely origin.

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      18 hours ago

      People in countries that use . instead of , still use $ without changing punctuation when referring to the dollar.