Michael Everson wrote:
> I'm interested in encouraging the use of this in Europe. I've a stamp
> here that says "38c" and that just looks like "38 cee". Some have
> suggested that "c" be used for the ¤ and "¢" belongs to the $, but I
> don't believe it.
It sounds like trying to promote left-hand driving or British measures in
Europe. In continental Europe, it is more customary to think of cents as
decimals of the main unit, so formats like "¤0.38" are more popular.
Formats like "38c", "38¢", "38p" are common only in the English speaking
words and, methinks, are rooted in the formed duodecimal subdivisions of the
pound.
Moreover, in romance languages the original meaning "hundredth" is still
strongly perceived. E.g., the Italian for both "cent" and "hundredth" is
"centesimo".
_ Marco
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