Fox News website - why do they use the shorthand "G" to signify thousand?
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Anonymous
| Is it meant to be all gangster or something? I thought using K was the way to refer to a thousand. Is there something about the target audience that makes them do this?? To be clear I'm talking about when they're describing money, like 50G to mean 50,000. |
Anonymous
| Because they are not real news. It is slang. |
Anonymous
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are you serious? G=Grand. 50G = 50k = 50,000 it's the same thing. perhaps you should stay away from Fox News.
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Anonymous
| Ain't nothin but a g thang, baby. |
Anonymous
I know G = grand, but it was really weird to see it used in a news report! |
Anonymous
| Maybe to cater to their audience? |
Anonymous
| Oh, and I should note, checking out Fox News is a curiosity thing. I know it's silly fake news, but the real stories referencing dollar amounts using the shorthand of G? That seemed too much! |
Anonymous
| Actually M is proper. |
Anonymous
| Because all their viewers want to think of themselves as high rollin PLAYahs. |
Anonymous
Yes, the retards that follow Fox News. |
Anonymous
Their audience would not recognize "K". |
Anonymous
| One of the definitions of 'grand' is: the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100. |
Anonymous
K is the proper metric abbreviation for thousand. M is the proper one for millions. M and MM are incorrect. Some people think they are using roman numerals, but MM = 2,000 not a thousand thousands. |
Anonymous
M is what is used in the finance/investment world. No one uses K. |
Anonymous
| Um no, I don't think so. |