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souro

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Posted: 15 years ago

#11

I think others should adopt India's system. Lakh is easier to pronounce than Hundred Thousand. Crore is easier to pronounce than Hundred Million. 😛

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sunandshine

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Posted: 15 years ago

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Originally posted by: souro

But it's fun na. You only have ten, hundred, thousand, million, billion. We use all these plus lakh and crore too as intermediate stops. More names, more fun. 😛
And just why should we bother about how the whole world counts when we're counting money or solving a maths problem inside our country. 😛

Similarly, I dont understand why US uses "Penny, dime and things like that.It was so confusing in the beginning to remember all that..1 paisa, 2 paisa , 10 paisa sounds so easy😆

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66567

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Posted: 15 years ago

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Originally posted by: sunandshine
Tere paas 100,000$ hain??😲 at a given time, practically one does not have that much money to conversion mein problem nahi hotee😆 for everything else there are online calculators😆

i was discussing salaries with my cousins in india.. toh it got hella confusingg..😆😆😆..i couldnt deal with it..

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sunandshine

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Posted: 15 years ago

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Originally posted by: Meena1

i was discussing salaries with my cousins in india.. toh it got hella confusingg..😆😆😆..i couldnt deal with it..

Proves--never discuss salaries😆

Jokes apart: All these notations are standardized. What system is designed is specific for each country. If you go to India you follow their trade and when we come here, we learn yours😊

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return_to_hades

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Posted: 15 years ago

#15

Indian Currency is based on a logical metric system. As is most other countries.

US Currency is based on the whims of eccentric people. We still measure weight in 16 ozs = 1 Lb instead of 100 g = 1 kg.

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sunandshine

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Posted: 15 years ago

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Originally posted by: return_to_hades
Indian Currency is based on a logical metric system. As is most other countries.

US Currency is based on the whims of eccentric people. We still measure weight in 16 ozs = 1 Lb instead of 100 g = 1 kg.

Lol..I so wanted to post this metric system difference here..but wanted to not trouble Meena further😆

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66567

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Posted: 15 years ago

#17

Originally posted by: sunandshine

Lol..I so wanted to post this metric system difference here..but wanted to not trouble Meena further😆

it just gets annoying when you go to india.. converting lbs into kgs.. miles into kilometers.. 😕..

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sunandshine

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Posted: 15 years ago

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Originally posted by: Meena1

it just gets annoying when you go to india.. converting lbs into kgs.. miles into kilometers.. 😕..

Why did US chose to be different than the rest of the world, beats me😕 Even Canadians use KMs..! but anyway you dont go to India very often. Take the help of your cousins😊

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return_to_hades

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Posted: 15 years ago

#19

Originally posted by: Meena1

it just gets annoying when you go to india.. converting lbs into kgs.. miles into kilometers.. 😕..

Forget India. It happens when you cross the border north or south. 😆 We are a strange land.

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66567

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Posted: 15 years ago

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Originally posted by: return_to_hades

Forget India. It happens when you cross the border north or south. 😆 We are a strange land.

LOL.. you can say that again.. 😆.. haven't been south of the border yet.. but yeah.. Canadians get annoying too when they talk in kgs and ki...😆 but aleast a million is still a million there and the commas stay in the same place.😆😆😆

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