On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 10:56:12 -0400, Tony Verhulst wrote:

That would mean 11,500 US dollars.

Right, and he uses that funny comma rather than a period (like the rest
of the world) :-).

Tony V.

Speak for yourself Tony.
In Oz we use a comma to separate thousands from hundreds in numbers.
The period ("full stop", we call it) is the separator between the
units and the tenths figures ("the Decimal point")
Roll on standardisation !!
Cheers, John G.