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I don't understand this comment. Why do you think the UK uses semicolons in initials or as a decimal instead of the decimal point?
The second thing is legit, I think. I often communicate with, or see content from, data analysts and researchers from England (I'm in the US). England and many other parts of Europe use a comma as a decimal point.
I've never heard of the semicolon in acronyms/abbreviations, but hey, it's a big world and I don't know lots of things.
Yes I made it up, I was being sarcastic my b
Fair enough. Stay safe my squirrel friend, guard your nuts
looks around for nuts oh damn not again!