Rainer Deyke Wrote: > Using groupings of three digits in Japanese seems extremely awkward, > especially for larger numbers, since you would have to mentally regroup > the digits in groups of four in order to read it. It's not just the > written language but the spoken language that uses groups of four. For > example, the number 1,234,567,890 would be read as 12å, 3456ä¸, 7890. > > If amazon.jp uses groups of three, then my initial reaction is > "imperfect localization".
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