So instead of "a hundred and ninety six", they remove the "and", and they've just been walking around saying things like "a hundred ninety six" for years.

[–] WammKD@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 weeks ago

I mean, it's pretty commonly said, especially in a colloquial setting. More people than not probably use it.

But there is a convention that the "and" should be adhered to when a decimal is present; that said, – like many grammar rules – this isn't far from universally followed.

[–] Railcar8095@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

"Right, it should be a hundred ninety and six"

*my dumb brain after reading your first sentence quick translating from Spanish.

[–] randombullet@programming.dev 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Chinese say 1 hundred 9 ten 6 as an added data point

[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 1 points 2 weeks ago

That pretty much makes sense - and the American manner makes sense, it's just so similar to what I'm familiar with, but slightly different, so looks really wrong to my brain.

[–] klemptor@startrek.website 1 points 1 week ago

It's worse than that - I'd actually say "one ninety six".

But in my head I always read the comm name as "one nine six".