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I'm Kenyan, and I can tell you that I'm not quite clear on whether it is Kes or Ksh, I use the latter but see Kes used about the place. The symbol they came up
by cdooh 13y ago
I'm Kenyan, and I can tell you that I'm not quite clear on whether it is Kes or Ksh, I use the latter but see Kes used about the place. The symbol they came up with is great and I can see it being widely adopted(looks very much like their own logo:-D). Glad to see a story on Africa, particular Kenya, on the front page of HN that's not about mpesa though what up with the grey on black page? Poor UX
- muriithi 13y agoI just use the ISO 4217 code which is KES.
- cdooh 13y agoI learnt Ksh all my life so I assumed it was correct too
- ooobo 13y agoI'm particularly fond of the attention they paid to hand-drawing the symbol, it certainly seems simple and quick.
- gcb0 13y agoLOL at their research. Ksh is not even metioned (or only show in "plural"?). Also, what's so bad about K$? damn you guys. my country uses two letters before the $ and it's fine. What's next, going to push a new character set standard?
- chad_oliver 13y ago> Also, what's so bad about K$? Perhaps the fact that it's a shilling, not a dollar?
- aneth4 13y agoWhat exactly is the difference between a "shilling" and a "dollar"?
- mseebach 13y agoRoughly the same as the difference between "William" and "Jacob".
- gcb0 13y agothat's silly. $ does not stand for dollar. US$ and more recently USD$ stands for dollar.
- icebraining 13y agoNo. US$ stands for "US dollar". There are more dollar currencies besides the USD.
- pliny 13y agoUnited States Dollar Dollar?
- jimktrains2 13y agoActually, we get $ from the Peso symbol