Talk:Percent sign
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[edit] Wrong evolution symbols
Something is wrong here. The evolution as shown in this article clearly differs from the evolution shown in the only reference provided for it [1]. Also, It must be more references, as the site provided can be wrong. Someone fix that. --SSpecter 1 november 2006
- I though the evolution came from "pars per cent"--p/c (%)--and its parallel "pars per mill"--p/m (‰)? The article seems to hint at that but the symbols don't seem to agree with "per" being abbreviated as "/". CJLippert 17:08, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
- ‘/’ as an abbreviation has been held as a symbol for per, at least in the 19th and 20th centuries. It comes from rates, think physics. Will It Work (talk) 17:34, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Reverse percent sign
Isn't there a unicode symbol corresponding to a mirrored % (with a \ rather than a / between the two circles)? I can't find it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.52.140.7 (talk) 15:14, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Self-ref
Isn't it self-referencing how it says that Wikipedia's manual of style says there should be no space between the number and the sign?--99.254.204.28 (talk) 21:24, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
