How do you say 2010? - Page 3

Clodfobble · 01-01-2010, 06:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanaC

In Brit we'd say one hundred and fifty, not one hundred fifty.

To be sure, most people here would actually say "one hundred and fifty," just like they'd say "a whole 'nother issue" rather than "another whole issue." But formal writing and speech are different.

DanaC · 01-01-2010, 07:25 PM

We also write it with the 'and'. That's just how numbers work in Brit:P

DanaC · 01-01-2010, 07:27 PM

Actually we'd probably say 'a hundred and fifty' rather than one hundred and fifty.

jinx · 01-01-2010, 07:31 PM

uh hundret an fifty.

classicman · 01-01-2010, 07:52 PM

1 fitty

Tulip · 01-02-2010, 01:08 AM

Dang, I was sure the proper way to say 2010 is two thousand ten.

Didn't know there was more than one way.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-02-2010, 01:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cloud

but, in written numbers-- when you write your checks, it's "three hundred twenty-three dollars point 00/100s"?

Since I work with legal documents, we often write out dollar amounts; we always use "and," to signify the decimal

I got tired of writing hundred and thousand so I've been writing my checks;

Three Two Three 00/100, to use your example. They always get cashed.

Oh, and the year in 10, just 10.

Trilby · 01-02-2010, 02:23 AM

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Originally Posted by classicman

1 fitty

tree fiddy.

skysidhe · 01-02-2010, 07:50 AM

I say, "two thousand ten"

It takes up more time. I have lots of time.

limey · 01-02-2010, 07:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

I got tired of writing hundred and thousand so I've been writing my checks;

Three Two Three 00/100, to use your example. They always get cashed.

Oh, and the year in 10, just 10.

Can you write one out for me?

Shawnee123 · 01-02-2010, 08:01 AM

Yeah, we better check that it's not a regional thing, this willy nilly check cashing. I betcha a bank in Ohio wouldn't cash it. You have my home mail, right?

skysidhe · 01-02-2010, 08:10 AM

I would not cash a check if someone wrote it that way. Not even for Bruce.

Probably the same teller for the last thirty years.huh?

wolf · 01-02-2010, 10:16 AM

20-10. Just like it's spelled.

(hey, didn't anybody tell you that you don't say "and" after the thousands part?)

Good to be through twenty-ought-nine, though.

wolf · 01-02-2010, 10:19 AM

Hard to believe that only ten years ago we were hoarding food and ammo in the basement waiting for the end of the world, isn't it?

BrianR · 01-02-2010, 11:23 AM

I haven't gotten over it yet.

View Poll Results: How do you say 2010?
Two thousand and ten.	5	14.71%
Twenty ten.	22	64.71%
Other. (please explain in comments)	7	20.59%
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01-01-2010, 07:31 PM	#34
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	uh hundret an fifty. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

01-01-2010, 07:52 PM	#35
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	1 fitty __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

01-02-2010, 08:01 AM	#41
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Yeah, we better check that it's not a regional thing, this willy nilly check cashing. I betcha a bank in Ohio wouldn't cash it. You have my home mail, right? __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

01-02-2010, 10:16 AM	#43
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	20-10. Just like it's spelled. (hey, didn't anybody tell you that you don't say "and" after the thousands part?) Good to be through twenty-ought-nine, though. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

01-02-2010, 01:08 AM	#36
Tulip Professor Join Date: May 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,293	Dang, I was sure the proper way to say 2010 is two thousand ten. Didn't know there was more than one way.

01-02-2010, 07:50 AM	#39
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	I say, "two thousand ten" It takes up more time. I have lots of time.

01-02-2010, 08:10 AM	#42
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	I would not cash a check if someone wrote it that way. Not even for Bruce. Probably the same teller for the last thirty years.huh?

01-02-2010, 10:19 AM	#44
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Hard to believe that only ten years ago we were hoarding food and ammo in the basement waiting for the end of the world, isn't it? __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

01-02-2010, 11:23 AM	#45
BrianR Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,338	I haven't gotten over it yet.

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