[cdooh]

I'm Kenyan, and I can tell you that I'm not quite clear on whether it is Kes or Ksh, I use the latter but see Kes used about the place. The symbol they came up with is great and I can see it being widely adopted(looks very much like their own logo:-D). Glad to see a story on Africa, particular Kenya, on the front page of HN that's not about mpesa though what up with the grey on black page? Poor UX

[ooobo]

I'm particularly fond of the attention they paid to hand-drawing the symbol, it certainly seems simple and quick.

[muriithi]

I just use the ISO 4217 code which is KES.

[cdooh]

I learnt Ksh all my life so I assumed it was correct too

[gcb0]

LOL at their research. Ksh is not even metioned (or only show in "plural"?).

Also, what's so bad about K$? damn you guys. my country uses two letters before the $ and it's fine.

What's next, going to push a new character set standard?

[chad_oliver]

> Also, what's so bad about K$?

Perhaps the fact that it's a shilling, not a dollar?

[jimktrains2]

Actually, we get $ from the Peso symbol

[aneth4]

What exactly is the difference between a "shilling" and a "dollar"?

[mseebach]

Roughly the same as the difference between "William" and "Jacob".

[gcb0]

that's silly. $ does not stand for dollar.

US$ and more recently USD$ stands for dollar.

[icebraining]

No. US$ stands for "US dollar". There are more dollar currencies besides the USD.

[pliny]

United States Dollar Dollar?