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[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (4 children)

I've just realised Americans don't say the "and" in numbers.

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 7 months 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 7 months 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 7 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 1 points 7 months 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 7 months 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".