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by b112 1497 days ago
Quite. Reading numbers is far easier than someone saying those numbers in a foreign language.

If someone speaks 10.43 to me in German, I have no idea.
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vetinari 1497 days ago
Even street vendors in random Asian places will punch the numbers into calculator and show you. You don't have to understand the language.
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b112 1497 days ago
Have to? No. But that's not the point.
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