jmlang@water.UUCP (07/16/87)
In article <1931@lsuc.UUCP> wales@CS.UCLA.EDU (Rich Wales) writes: > >No. The period is, officially, still the proper decimal point in >English-language documents in Canada. > Which raises the question: what about French-language documents? I am quite sure that the comma is the proper decimal "point" but that is a new thing: done at the reintroduction of the metric system. (Incidental: I think I remember seeing that metric has been legal in Canada since late 1800. Can somebody check?) Also, something new in French Canada (a few years old < 5 ): The dollar sign follows the amount as does most the currency symbol in the world. So instead of $18,000,000.50 we now see 18 000 000,50 $ in the newspapers. Note the cross-posting and follow-ups to can.francais -- Je'ro^me M. Lang || jmlang@water.bitnet jmlang@water.uucp Dept of Applied Math || jmlang%water@waterloo.csnet U of Waterloo || jmlang%water%waterloo.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa