[Tfug] OT: A "musing"

[Sean Warburton]

I figured it out:
869302
not 8 hundred 69 thousand 3 hundred and 2, but
eight-six-niner-three-zero-two.
Very interesting and thought-provoking, though...Thanks: now i'm going to
loose sleep over this one:)

On 4/4/07, Bexley Hall <bexley401 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
> --- George Cohn <gwcohn at simplybits.net> wrote:
>
> > Bexley Hall wrote:
> > > I had to ask (and then answer) myself this
> > question
> > > recently and was amused at just how difficult it
> > was
> > > to come up with a reliable answer!  :<
> > >
> > > The question is:
> > >
> > > What rules do "you" use when "pronouncing"
> > numbers?
> > >
> > > For example:
> > >
> > > 123 -- one hundred twenty three
> > > 605 -- six hundred five
> > > 1610 -- one thousand six hundred ten
> --

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