[Tfug] OT: A

[lukkystarr at excite.com]

I know how I do it.  1-100 is straight forward, as are the even hundreds.  From 101 to 999 it is 'one O one' and 'three twenty two'.  beyond a thousand, I'll count the hundreds unless it's awkward to say it that way.  For instance, 'eleven hundred', but not 'seventy hundred' or 'twenty hundred one'.  For the awkward ones it is straight forward, so it would be 'two thousand one'.



Beyond that would take more effort than I'm willing to give it.  :)









 --- On Mon 04/02, Jeremy D Rogers < jdrogers at optics.arizona.edu > wrote:

From: Jeremy D Rogers [mailto: jdrogers at optics.arizona.edu]

To: tfug at tfug.org

Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 14:45:27 -0500

Subject: Re: [Tfug] OT: A "musing"



Interesting.. I've actually thought about this before (w00t! I'm anerd), though in slightly different terms as I was always confusedabout where to write in "AND"s when writing out checks. It reminds meof the Kevin James stand up routine about phone number rhythm.For strings of numbers, i.e. credit card, accounts, etc., I think Igenerally break numbers into groups of 2:123 - one twenty three605 - six oh five (here the 'oh' is necessary to eliminate ambiguity)1610 - sixteen ten182937 - eighteen.. twenty nine.. thirty seven (here the slight pausesset up a rhythm alert the listener of the breaks so there is noconfusion that "thirty seven" is 30-7 = 307)However, when dealing with numbers that represent quantities (not justa label), I usually do something more like your second example withthe and's.5431 - five thousand four hundred and thirty one.Thinking about it, I think the AND is actually an auditory cue that isthe used almost like punctuation. It lets the listener know that 
theend of the number is what follows.Cheers,JDROn 4/2/07, Bexley Hall <bexley401 at yahoo.com> 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>> Etc.  (I am deliberately neglecting variants like> "sixteen hundred thirty seven" and other contextual> factors that may play in how each number is rendered).>> But, in practice, I have found that the above "rule"> (which should be evident on inspection) isn't truly> universally applied.  And, when it *is*, it leads to> a reduction in clarity (first pass unaided recognition> rate).>> For example:>> 605 -- six hundred AND five> 1610 -- one thousand six hundred AND ten> 123 -- one hundred twenty three>> implements yet another rule set (a bit less 
obvious)> with, arguably, some enhanced listener perception.>> The more you think about this, the more you will> find yourself unsure of how YOU *actually* speak> them!  :>>> --don>>>> ____________________________________________________________________________________> TV dinner still cooling?> Check out "Tonight's Picks" on Yahoo! TV.> http://tv.yahoo.com/>> _______________________________________________> Tucson Free Unix Group - tfug at tfug.org> Subscription Options:> http://www.tfug.org/mailman/listinfo/tfug_tfug.org>_______________________________________________Tucson Free Unix Group - tfug at tfug.orgSubscription Options:http://www.tfug.org/mailman/listinfo/tfug_tfug.org

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