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Re:New copy of earliest poem in English, written 1,3k years ... by badc0ffee on Friday May 01, 2026 @12:24PM (#47976609)
Probably a German or French speaker forgetting that , is never a valid decimal separator in English.
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Re:New copy of earliest poem in English, written 1,3k years ... by ConfuSomu on Saturday May 02, 2026 @02:32AM (#47983905)
Most countries use the decimal comma, including English in South Africa.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_separator#Conventions_...

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