In American English a period ( . ) is used as a decimal separator, but there are other places in the world where a comma ( , ) is used.
I would read a quantity of 7.5 as “seven point five” written as-is. But if you use a pause and not a point how do you read the number aloud?
Siete coma cinco
Sieben Komma Fünf. That easy.
In french I always heard them say virgule ie: 106,9 = cent six virgule neuf, in english 106.9 = one oh six point nine
What does “virgule” mean?
comma
In French. In English a virgule is a forward slash.
TIL
This thread is about other languages use of commas and since I am familiar with french (Canadian) that is what I spoke on
Yeah, I don’t think that’s common knowledge. I never knew it was called that until I got into my profession. And I think it’s only called that there because it’s been around since before “forward slash” entered the vernacular.
There are probably some similar circumstances, but almost everyone calls it “forward slash.”
“Sju komma fem”
In polish you can say: seven comma five, seven and a half, or seven and five tenths, or if you need more precision (for 7,55 for example) there is seven and fifty five hundredths and so on.