@tetris11@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 16 hours ago"1.32 MB" Is that pronounced, "one-point-three-two" megabytes, or "one-point-thirty-two" megabytes?message-square69fedilinkarrow-up147arrow-down13
arrow-up144arrow-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 • 16 hours agomessage-square69fedilink
minus-square@tetris11@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilink4•14 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-square@Blisterexe@lemmy.ziplinkfedilink8•edit-214 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-square@reattach@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•3 hours agoInteresting - is there a point at which you’d switch to saying individual digits? Like if you’re listing eight digits of pi, is it still three point fourteen million, one hundred fifty-nine thousand, two hundred sixty-five?
minus-square@Valmond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink3•11 hours agoSwedish would do the same as french, en komma trettitvå. Potentially some military would splice it up en komma tre två.
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
Interesting - is there a point at which you’d switch to saying individual digits? Like if you’re listing eight digits of pi, is it still three point fourteen million, one hundred fifty-nine thousand, two hundred sixty-five?
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.