Bitcoin under 1000$ tomorrow !

[VolanicEruptor]

the "$" was not created in Europe.  It started in Britain, America, Canada, etc...
The original usage has been to put it to the left, because that is how the symbol is properly used.  Those were the rules the symbol had upon creation, so that is its correct usage.
Basically Europe must have taken it, and then decided they can use their own rules on it..
all I can say is stick to your euro symbol, because to use the $ symbol means following rules if you want to sound half intelligent
Like it has been mentioned already, our first impression of someone who uses it after the number is that they are immature

[Equus]

The rules go with the language, not the symbol.

I attended a french school in an english part of Canada.  I wrote "1 000 000,00$" in school, and "$1,000,000.00" outside of school.

It was very confusing -- for about ten seconds.

[BitchicksHusband]

Bitcoin under 1000$ tomorrow !

...on Bitcoinity... 

[ashaw596]

Bitcoin under 1000$ tomorrow !

...on Bitcoinity... 

lol
"DANGGIT Bitcoin fell that much?

Oh wait ...."

[poordeveloper]

I've always been curious, why do some people put the dollar sign after the number?  That seems so unusual to me..

Many currencies have their currency symbol after the amount.
Just an example: for euros it is 1,000€.

I have to correct you on this. It is either "€1,000" or "1,000 euro". This is the same in all western countries. Putting the currency sign at the back or the word at the front is wrong.

For countries like China where they write right-to-left, I can see why it would be the other way around, however.

I live in Europe. I can assure you that everything using Euros, including banks, format their amounts in this syntax:

100€
100 EUR

No one, I repeat, absolutely no one, will put the currency sign at the left of the amount. And I live in Western Europe. France, Germany, Spain... all of them do it this way (I'm yet to find anyone from these countries or from my own to do it the other way).

Where are you from?

EDIT:
Have some proof: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euro#Pi.C3.A8ces

How are the amounts formatted?

try the dutch page:

http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euro

So, the answer to this is, even for the same currency (Euro)... it depends on the country

[gh0st]

I'm pretty sure it's because people who do that are not very educated

You mean Brits and Americans? Yeah, people who can't accept logic or the metric system don't come off as very educated. Face it, you handful of English-speaking countries simply have nonsensical conventions that now only seem "natural" to you because you've lived with them all your lives. To the rest of the world, writing is clear and intuitive, in that:

"one kilometer" = "1 km"
"five milligrams" = "5 mg"
"ten megabytes" = "10 MB"
"fifteen euros" = "15 €"

But no, screw logic 'cos we're 'murricanz and 'murricanz know best, so you went with:

"twenty dollars" = "$20" (?!?!?)

Not to mention the rest of your screwed up ways of measuring and formatting things...
http://www.kaero.wz.cz/jokes/imperial-vs-si.png

In general, it's better if you simply don't bring these things up at all. Just stay appropriately silent and ashamed.

This is some epic shit, i tell you that
You, sir, win one internets!

[VolanicEruptor]

Whether you think that it's a good idea or not is irrelevant.  You still have to follow the rules of the symbol, just as you would follow the rules of a language...

[disclaimer201]

Whether you think that it's a good idea or not is irrelevant.  You still have to follow the rules of the symbol, just as you would follow the rules of a language...

Where to put your dollar sign is a sign of cultural difference. You don't need to follow US 'rules'. People in the US write their $ infront of the number, fine. Many people elsewhere in the world write their $ after the number. Big deal. Now move on.

[I_bitcoin]

I'm pretty sure it's because people who do that are not very educated

You mean Brits and Americans? Yeah, people who can't accept logic or the metric system don't come off as very educated. Face it, you handful of English-speaking countries simply have nonsensical conventions that now only seem "natural" to you because you've lived with them all your lives. To the rest of the world, writing is clear and intuitive, in that:

"one kilometer" = "1 km"
"five milligrams" = "5 mg"
"ten megabytes" = "10 MB"
"fifteen euros" = "15 €"

But no, screw logic 'cos we're 'murricanz and 'murricanz know best, so you went with:

"twenty dollars" = "$20" (?!?!?)

Not to mention the rest of your screwed up ways of measuring and formatting things...


In general, it's better if you simply don't bring these things up at all. Just stay appropriately silent and ashamed.

I prefer year-month-day.   It sorts better.

[CoinGeneral]

Does anyone else notice the topic of this thread is supposed to be about Bitcoin going under $1000?

Then the next post was about whether $ comes before or after the number and the entire thread is now about that.

[BitchicksHusband]

Does anyone else notice the topic of this thread is supposed to be about Bitcoin going under $1000?

Then the next post was about whether $ comes before or after the number and the entire thread is now about that.

Maybe because bitcoin went under $1000 (1000$?) like he said and has done so practically every day since.

[PenAndPaper]

I think you are all jealous of the predicting skill of the op 
After all he was right