I don't know about the Japanese, but Chinese people read like 12ÒÚ£¬3456Íò£¬7890. (simplified, traditional version would be exactly the same writing as Japanese).<div>I've never seen it separated with commas though, I always see 1234567890.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 6:59 PM, Jesse Phillips <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jessekphillips%2BD@gmail.com">jessekphillips+D@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">Rainer Deyke Wrote:<br>
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> Using groupings of three digits in Japanese seems extremely awkward,<br>
> especially for larger numbers, since you would have to mentally regroup<br>
> the digits in groups of four in order to read it. It's not just the<br>
> written language but the spoken language that uses groups of four. For<br>
</div>> example, the number 1,234,567,890 would be read as 12ƒ|, 3456Íò, 7890.<br>
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> Rainer Deyke - <a href="mailto:rainerd@eldwood.com">rainerd@eldwood.com</a><br>
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</div>I just asked, and the Japanese separate by the thousands when they write, and it is read as you described.<br>
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