What way would you say 1700?
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Seventeen hundred or one thousand seven hundred
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Originally posted by minestrone View PostWhat way would you say 1700?What happens in General, stays in General.You know what they say about assumptions! -
I dislike the hundreds variant and always convert to thousands.
Edit: the exception being dates, which convention appears to be that it is hundreds
Edit2: Not consistently though! Prior to 2000, you'd expect to hear dates uttered in centuries, but that sounds wrong after the year 2000 (spoken 'year two thousand', not 'year 20 hundred'). Does anyone say 'twenty hundred and 11' as the current year? No many probably. It's 'two thousand and eleven', or 'twenty eleven' (a hybrid not mentioning units). Just as not many would have said 'one thousand nine hundred and ninety nine' rather than 'nineteen hundred and ninety nine' in 1999.Last edited by TimberWolf; 24 January 2011, 19:49.Comment
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Originally posted by TimberWolf View PostI dislike the hundreds variant and always convert to thousands.Comment
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Originally posted by minestrone View PostWhat way would you say 1700?Coffee's for closersComment
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Hundreds up to 2000, thousands thereafter, i.e. no "twenty-seven hundred".
After all, the numbers 11-19 use a different format to other 2 digit numbers. If it's twenty-four, thirty-four, fourty-four etc. why not onety-four instead of fourteen.Comment
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Originally posted by centurian View PostHundreds up to 2000, thousands thereafter, i.e. no "twenty-seven hundred".
After all, the numbers 11-19 use a different format to other 2 digit numbers. If it's twenty-four, thirty-four, fourty-four etc. why not onety-four instead of fourteen.Comment
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If one is conversing with non-native english speakers I should say the latter. Avoid americanisms it's not proper english."Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark TwainComment
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Originally posted by minestrone View PostWhat way would you say 1700?
A Bag of Sand, A Monkey, 4 Ponies, a Carpet, 6 Speckled Hens and a couple of Lady Godivas.
Sorted.What happens in General, stays in General.You know what they say about assumptions!Comment
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Fair comments re the teen numbers being a bit odd. I wonder why that came about?
Originally posted by Spacecadet View Postdepends on the context and who i'm speaking to.Comment
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