# Jesus: It's either "$1 million" or "1 million dollars," not both! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 31, 2008, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-its-either-1-million-or-1-million-dollars-not-both/443362 "2008-03-31T10:56:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-its-either-1-million-or-1-million-dollars-not-both/443362/1 "2008-03-31T10:56:54Z")
Hey, guys. You know that little symbol that looks like an S with a line through it? Oh, wait here it is. It looks a little different in this font but you can see it’s not a standard S: $ This means “dollars.” If you write “$1 million,” that means “One million dollars.” If, on the other hand, you write “$1 million dollars,” that means “One million dollars dollars,” which of course is really stupid and irritates the living shit out of me. I’m seeing this error more and more everywhere around me, including my otherwise bright folks on this board. For fuck’s sake. “Dollars Dollars” are not a currency used anywhere in the world. Stop it! ---
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-its-either-1-million-or-1-million-dollars-not-both/443362/2 "2008-03-31T11:12:02Z")
I come from a land with dollars and my keyboard does this . When I do this... I probably mean my dollars not yours. On the off chance I meant your I would say US. When you say you speak English do you mean English or Engli$h? Clarification would be helpful. Your Engli$h is clearly not used anywhere else in the world. Stop it! ---
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-its-either-1-million-or-1-million-dollars-not-both/443362/3 "2008-03-31T11:16:42Z")
Just to really irritate you I am fond of using the terms, “ATM Machine” and my “PIN number”! ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-its-either-1-million-or-1-million-dollars-not-both/443362/4 "2008-03-31T11:32:17Z")
I bet this is something that keeps you up until 4am in the morning. ---
**Author:** ![Cyros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Cyros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyros)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-its-either-1-million-or-1-million-dollars-not-both/443362/5 "2008-03-31T11:33:27Z")
[QUOTE=calm kiwi] I come from a land with dollars and my keyboard does this . When I do this... I probably mean my dollars not yours. On the off chance I meant your I would say US. [/QUOTE] And I think you would irritate him in another way. His dollars are CAD$. I would hate to see that explosion! ---
**Author:** ![Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abby_Emma_Sasha)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-its-either-1-million-or-1-million-dollars-not-both/443362/6 "2008-03-31T11:35:27Z")
**RickJay** , I’m going to blow up the earth unless you give me $1 million dollars. Sincerely, Evil Abby ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-its-either-1-million-or-1-million-dollars-not-both/443362/7 "2008-03-31T11:51:19Z")
Sending supporting thoughts during these horrible times. I admire how brave you are. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-its-either-1-million-or-1-million-dollars-not-both/443362/8 "2008-03-31T12:05:19Z")
[QUOTE=RickJay] If, on the other hand, you write “$1 million dollars,” that means “One million dollars dollars,” [/QUOTE] Nuh uh. It means “one dollar million dollars.” ---
**Author:** ![Dervorin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-its-either-1-million-or-1-million-dollars-not-both/443362/9 "2008-03-31T12:13:30Z")
You’re not up to the latest developments in multi-dimensional currency, are you? Let me educate you. The old unit of currency was the single-dimensional dollar, which has now been superseded through most of the fashionable regions of our galaxy by the far more useful dollar-squared, or dollar-dollar, in keeping with standard scientific usage. The dollar-squared is an 8-dimensional currency note (6 space dimensions, 2 time dimensions) that can either be rolled up very small and made invisible or spread out to cover any required area. Since it can also move along multiple time dimensions, it allows for some of the extremely creative accounting required by corporates and governments throughout the Eta Phi region of the galaxy. Of course, you can also hybridise currencies this way, using standard genetic fusion techniques, allowing South Korean biologists to develop interesting new currencies such as the €1 dollar (invades the world and then gets bogged down in negotiations about farm subsidies), the £1 Swiss Franc (makes clocks out of chocolate and has trains that run to the second but are full of binge-drinkers) and many others. Long may multi-dimensional currency reign; enjoy your $1 million dollars! ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-its-either-1-million-or-1-million-dollars-not-both/443362/10 "2008-03-31T14:49:51Z")
So what does this mean: 100$ This is the usage that drives me up a wall. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-its-either-1-million-or-1-million-dollars-not-both/443362/11 "2008-03-31T15:13:33Z")
'1 million dollars' drives me up the wall also, along with .25 (add a zero in the ones place so the decimal point doesn’t get lost!) and $0.25c (which is it: $0.25 or 0.25c?) [QUOTE=Dolores Reborn] So what does this mean: 100$ This is the usage that drives me up a wall. [/QUOTE] That’s the common French style, as used in Quebec. Possibly it’s also the style used in Mexico, where $ is the peso sign; I don’t know. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-its-either-1-million-or-1-million-dollars-not-both/443362/12 "2008-03-31T15:38:31Z")
[QUOTE=calm kiwi] I come from a land with dollars and my keyboard does this . When I do this... I probably mean my dollars not yours. On the off chance I meant your I would say US. [/QUOTE] That would be a strange thing to do when you consider I don’t live in the United States. > [@](#): > > Just to really irritate you I am fond of using the terms, “ATM Machine” and my “PIN number”! Actually, I don’t mind “PIN number,” although I know it drives some people batty. The more technically correct options sound funny; “PIN” just sounds like you’re saying the word that refers to a pointy little thing, and “PI number” either sounds like you’re talking about 3.14159 , if you say it as “pie number,” or as if you want to call a private investigator, if you say “P-I number.” “PIN number” makes it clearer what you mean if you’re saying it out loud. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-its-either-1-million-or-1-million-dollars-not-both/443362/13 "2008-03-31T15:56:46Z")
I didn’t know they had dollars when Jesus was alive. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-its-either-1-million-or-1-million-dollars-not-both/443362/14 "2008-03-31T16:01:15Z")
[QUOTE=Ponch8] I didn’t know they had dollars when Jesus was alive. [/QUOTE] If America is Jesus’ Chosen Land, then $s are Jesus’ Chosen Currency. ---
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-its-either-1-million-or-1-million-dollars-not-both/443362/15 "2008-03-31T16:28:36Z")
[QUOTE=Dervorin] You’re not up to the latest developments in multi-dimensional currency, are you? Let me educate you. The old unit of currency was the single-dimensional dollar, which has now been superseded through most of the fashionable regions of our galaxy by the far more useful dollar-squared, or dollar-dollar, in keeping with standard scientific usage. The dollar-squared is an 8-dimensional currency note (6 space dimensions, 2 time dimensions) that can either be rolled up very small and made invisible or spread out to cover any required area. Since it can also move along multiple time dimensions, it allows for some of the extremely creative accounting required by corporates and governments throughout the Eta Phi region of the galaxy. Of course, you can also hybridise currencies this way, using standard genetic fusion techniques, allowing South Korean biologists to develop interesting new currencies such as the €1 dollar (invades the world and then gets bogged down in negotiations about farm subsidies), the £1 Swiss Franc (makes clocks out of chocolate and has trains that run to the second but are full of binge-drinkers) and many others. Long may multi-dimensional currency reign; enjoy your $1 million dollars! [/QUOTE] You win the thread. Your winnings will be paid to you in pandimensional kumquats. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-its-either-1-million-or-1-million-dollars-not-both/443362/16 "2008-03-31T16:32:36Z")
[QUOTE=Siege] You win the thread. Your winnings will be paid to you in pandimensional kumquats. [/QUOTE] Nah. We’ll pay in the Triganic pu, as soon as we can scrape up some change to exchange for them. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-its-either-1-million-or-1-million-dollars-not-both/443362/17 "2008-03-31T16:35:10Z")
You can’t by salvation from Jesus for even 10^6 dollars. ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-its-either-1-million-or-1-million-dollars-not-both/443362/18 "2008-03-31T16:40:06Z")
There exists a deli here in my home town that lists soup du jour of the day on their menu board. Jesus likes the broccoli cheese. ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-its-either-1-million-or-1-million-dollars-not-both/443362/19 "2008-03-31T16:45:14Z")
Could be worse. I’ve seen it written as “$1,000,000 million dollars” when they clearly did not mean a trillion dollars (dollars). ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-its-either-1-million-or-1-million-dollars-not-both/443362/20 "2008-03-31T16:54:42Z")
Comes with au jus sauce. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-its-either-1-million-or-1-million-dollars-not-both/443362.md?page=2)