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It was a complete and total shock, I tell you. (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

(I wrote that when groggy, but my thinking was that it's supposed to be read aloud/verbally, so you'd ignore the $ and say the cents. My brain was still asleep.)

About $3.50

E: also why do we say "three dollars and fifty cents" when it's clearly "dollar three [and] fifty [cents]". Language weird, return to grunts.

[โ€“] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Because it's translation, not transliteration.