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Because in English you say "three dot two", whereas in German it is "Drei-Komma-Zwei".

It just reflects the spoken language. And having the unused symbol then be the thousand separator is natural.

Interesting, I did not know this, but a little bit doubtful. Wouldn't it be the other way around? Explicit spoken language coming from being written that way.

Maybe at some point originally, but now you can't change it. Spoken language resists attempts to shape it by committee, and written language has to begrudgingly follow its lead.

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