dollar sign placement

[David A. Daniel]

Mosey on up to Quebec and you will see the $ after the number most of the
time. And, since I happen to know (see my email address) that a lot of
gambling spam comes from Quebec, that is at least one of the answers.
DAD

-----Original Message-----
From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of
Jonathan Lighter
Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 6:01 PM
To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Re: dollar sign placement


I began noticing it, online only, just within the past four years or so.  I
associate it with non-native speakers, but of course I'm an optimist.

JL



On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 3:47 PM, David K. Barnhart
<dbarnhart at highlands.com>wrote:

> Poster:       "David K. Barnhart" <dbarnhart at HIGHLANDS.COM>
> Subject:      dollar sign placement
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> Lately I've noticed that some e-mails contain a "misplacement".
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> Some folks say 400$ rather than $400.
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> How long have I been not noticing this?
>
> DKB
>
> Barnhart at highlands.com
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