It’s not about whether people normally write it that way. In the overall context of the thread it’s whether they ever write it that way.
From my perspective no one does. Ever.
I only know it's a thing because I watched some math-related edu shows. Didn't even see that when I briefly worked in US.
Re:JSON5 – JSON for Humans
by oneeyedpigeon on Monday December 09, 2024 @10:02AM
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> even more ridiculous than ... writing dates with month not in the middle place
Come on, let's be fair—nothing else will ever be as ridiculous as that!
I could maybe throw into the contest:
- "a gallon". Not purely US thing but almost. It can be anything from 3.8 to 4.4 liters, depending mostly on what are you measuring.
- writing digits. Is it "1", is it "7", is it "i", is it "l"? Why do it to yourself, while their printed fonts are pretty much the same as everywhere else...
For most of the world that is even more ridiculous than using dot as decimal space separator or writing dates with month not in the middle place.
Even Americans I work with don't write it like that when doing quick draft discussion, as they know it's confusing to others.