Comment on This is way too expensive for a drink.

FrankTheHealer@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

• out@lemmynsfw.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  That’s quite likely since the Euro sign is only placed before the amount in English, Dutch, Irish and Maltese. The UK obviously goes out since they use £

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  • woelkchen@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    the Euro sign is only placed before the amount in English, Dutch, Irish and Maltese

    While true, on pricing labels it’s put in front of the numbers in other countries as well. My unresearched guess is to avoid tampering with a pen when a currency sign is blocking the space to put additional numbers in front.

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