richard lyons wrote:
On Thursday 06 May 2004 14:43, Paul Johnson wrote:
...1,234,567.89 is "one million, two-hundred-thirty-four thousand, five-hundred-sixty-seven and eighty-nine one-hundredths."
Oh come on - I never heard anyone pedantic enough to spell out the decimals like that.
That's not pedantic. That's the original form before we started abbreviating as you refer to next.
> Everyone says "one million, two hundred (and) thirtyfour
thousand, five hundred (and) sixtyseven point eight nine...
Daniel
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