Just want to know

Yes Professor, as per Lilaclady's response, though there are some allowable variations on the format, for example: 26-11-2011 or 100 000. It has been quite some time since I have written a cheque - and the last time I did so, I regretted doing it! How much is 100,000 lakh in US dollars & what every day items could it buy you today? All the Best.

In a French "chèque" I would write like you 26/11/2011, but 100000 (one hundred thousands) for the amount. The comma is used only to separate cents : 100000,01 (One hundred thousand Euros and one cent).

Yes here in Australia we say the date the same as you and we say Cheque as well we wright one hundred thousand as 100,000 as well, it does become confusing with the date of different countries sometimes.

For us, the date is written in month/date/year format, so the date that you were referring to would be written in numeric form as 11/26/11 (or 2011) if we were to say it out loud it would be November 26th, 2011. As far as writing down one hundred thousand, we do it the same way as you do where it would be 100,000. At the bank a cheque as you call it is a check here.

Hi Professor, I write the same way you do. I believe that is called the Indian Numerical system. Cheque versus check, it's the American English and British English.

Hello Sir, Good to see another thought provoking topic coming from your end. The dates can be written as 26/11/11, 26th Nov '11 and we follow the US style of date formats. There is a set of available formats in our PC and they are Spanish, French and Catalan (other than US English). I am sure it is convenient for us to use the date first followed by month & year, or at least that have been taught to us since childhood. The cheque is the Indian spelling & pronunciation for bank check. Similarly you can find many words like humour (humor in US English), organise & organize and so on. Writing 1,00,000.00 in our desi style and the International style of 100,000 values the same but I prefer 1 Lac or whenever needed 1 million makes it easier for the reader to get my point. Thanx (thanks) to Microsoft for including so many formats for date/time/numbers which are quick to follow as per need.

Here we put it November 26th, 201 or 11/26/2011. Check is check. One hundred thousand is 100,000.

dear dada, We write date with month/date/year and 100,000 is one hundred thousand here :) thanks for this info dear pa and hugs to you and ma

Hi Prof, We follow the same format like yours whereby the date comes first, followed by the month and finally the year. English as spoken here is theoretically British English so again we are seeing eye to eye when it comes to the spelling of cheque. A slight difference when writing 100,000. It's written as RM100,000. RM stands for Ringgit Malaysia. It's good to see you again, Professor. Cheers!

In the Philippines, putting the dates vary. In the military they place the date as 26 November 2011 while we civilians put it as November 26, 2011. Bank checks are just the same "checks".