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Originally posted by ChessPraxisThe "und" is sometimes shortened to a short "a" einazwanzig
German is different, ein-und-zwanzig=twenty one
Originally posted by Kewpiehttp://www.englishforums.com/English/UsingAndInNumbers/crgxn/post.htm
The US habit of dropping the "and" from three-hundred-and-four just annoys me. If you're going to start leaving bits out, you have to do it properly and say three-zero-four, not just that half-baked attempt. And while you're at it, fix up that stupid date which goes middle-smallest-largest instead of a logical progression in one direction or another (don't care which).
Originally posted by KewpieThe only people in the US that use and in numbers, more than likely use it to clarify their space number in the trailer court. 😛
The US habit of dropping the "and" from three-hundred-and-four just annoys me. If you're going to start leaving bits out, you have to do it properly and say three-zero-four, not just that half-baked attempt. And while you're at it, fix up that stupid date which goes middle-smallest-largest instead of a logical progression in one direction or another (don't care which).
Originally posted by ChessPraxisNot quite true, according to your own link. They say it's used in the NewYork-Boston region.
The only people in the US that use and in numbers, more than likely use it to clarify their space number in the trailer court. 😛
Originally posted by KewpieOther countries speak English, but the Americans do it bestest. 😛
Not quite true, according to your own link. They say it's used in the NewYork-Boston region.
However, for the purposes of international computer speak:
English is a language.
English(UK) is that language, as used by the world excluding USA
English(US) is that language, as used by people inside the USA border. It's a big enough customer base so that's ...[text shortened]... and we go where we choose to go, which for everyone except the US is the UK version.
Originally posted by ChessPraxisIndeed it's funnier in English than in other languages derived from latin...
Have you ever thought about how poorly the words in the medical field were chosen? For example, a doctor PRACTICES medicine. Practice my eye, I'll wait for a real doctor to do it for real. They TREAT disease. Treat?? Mistreat it and make it leave!! Bacteria is SENSITIVE to an antibiotic. Sensitive?? What does it do then, give the germ a rash?? Then they ...[text shortened]... :45 for a 9:30 appointment. If you come in late though, it totally messes up their whole world.
Originally posted by KewpieAbsence of a Royal Family (with public ceremony and time honoured formalities) and an affectation for mimicking genuine regionalisms may contribute to an explanation of The States' Corruption of its Mother Tongue. Urban Slang's a murderer.
Not quite true, according to your own link. They say it's used in the NewYork-Boston region.
However, for the purposes of international computer speak:
English is a language.
English(UK) is that language, as used by the world excluding USA
English(US) is that language, as used by people inside the USA border. It's a big enough customer base so that's and we go where we choose to go, which for everyone except the US is the UK version.
Originally posted by Grampy BobbySay what dawg?
Absence of a Royal Family (with public ceremony and time honoured formalities) and an affectation for mimicking genuine regionalisms may contribute to an explanation of The States' Corruption of its Mother Tongue. Urban Slang's a murderer.