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[–] bort@sopuli.xyz 5 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

"3,5 thousand" seems common in spoken language, but not in writing, afaik. I don't know how common it is in english (and dialects), but in german it is.

[–] Jason2357@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 hours ago

Its fine, but in English, three and a half thousand (fraction rather than decimal) is probably more common.