Originally Posted by
Carpboy823
The USA is about the only country that uses commas for large numbers and periods for decimals. Almost everywhere else it is the opposite, and I see the poster is from the EU - I do understand the confusion from us Americans, though
That's not true at all. People who say this are often from the EU where they use the opposite of the US, but it's not just the US. Much of Asia, including Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, Singapore, India etc. all use commas for large numbers.