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Originally Posted by sidman82
I have always wondered why G-Man always writes M after dollar amounts instead of G. You know.... $10G meaning $10 grand. Fill me in if it means something else. :nervous:
It means the same thing. Anytime someone uses a "G" or "K" they are using slang terms. "M" is still commonly used, along with other Roman Numeral designations, in most legal business applications such as copy-writes. The next time you watch a movie, hang around for the credits and you should see the copy-write using Roman Numerals. I prefer the accuracy of using Roman Numerals. I suppose it is an "old school" thing. But not too old school. The use of "K" seemed to start being used in this country when metrics and personal computers came into vogue in the 1980's. Before that everyone would normally use "M" to designate 1,000. I have never liked metrics. It was started in this country to go along with a world standard for things such as machined parts, etc., I believe it was President Richard Nixon who began the change to metrics, when he was still in office, around the time he took our money off the Gold Standard. The use of "G" for 1,000 probably began being used in the 1920's or perhaps as late as the 1940's in this country. It was made popular when some of the early gangster movies began using it.