On Wed, 26 May 2004 04:11, William Ballard wrote: > On Tue, May 25, 2004 at 07:50:18PM +1200, cr wrote: > > On Tue, 25 May 2004 07:47, William Ballard wrote: > > > On Mon, May 24, 2004 at 02:30:22PM -0400, Daniel Barclay wrote: > > > > In "123" there is no "one" or "twenty three" written there, but > > > > that doesn't mean those words aren't used in pronouncing the number > > > > written as "123." > > > > > > What digit corresponds to "and"? > > > > And what digit corresponds to 'hundred' ? (Or 'thousand' or 'million' > > yadda yadda...) > > > > Numbers are not spoken the way they are written, either in English or any > > other language I know of. (Other than telephone numbers and serial > > numbers, that is) > > > > And in English (I mean 'British English', though that term always strikes > > me as tautological if not oxymoronic), 'and' is invariably used > > between the 'hundreds' and the 'tens' figure, as in 'two hundred AND > > thirty-seven'. > > Eh. Go figure. There's no right or wrong. My teachers taught me that > was incorrect, low-class, common.
Well then the whole of the UK must be incorrect, low-class and common. ;) >From where I'm standing, "two hundred thirty-seven" sounds just plain *wrong*. It's a matter of local (/national) custom. cr -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
