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[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

How much is half a dollar cents in USD?

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

(I wrote that when groggy, but my thinking was that it's supposed to be read aloud/verbally, so you'd ignore the $ and say the cents. My brain was still asleep.)

About $3.50

E: also why do we say "three dollars and fifty cents" when it's clearly "dollar three [and] fifty [cents]". Language weird, return to grunts.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Because it's translation, not transliteration.

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Uh, $0.50 or 50¢? Is this a trick question?

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I think their point is that you would already read $0.50 as 50 cents, so adding the word cent to that makes it redundant.

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago

Ah good call