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Re: Java digits pronunciation

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markspace wrote:
> Stefan Ram wrote:
>>  In a Java programming class in Sunnyvale (U.S.A.), how would
>> 0.01 usually be pronounced?

There are many ways.

>>    nought point oh one?
> 
> "Point zero one," or "one one-hundredth," is how I'd pronounce it. 

No.

The first would be spelled, ".01" and the second "1/100" or such. One might 
say a synonym when reading it, but literally to pronounce it requires more precision.

Otherwise the answer to "Are '0.01' and '1/100th' pronounced the same?" would be "Yes."

> Maybe "zero point zero one."  "Oh" is OK too in place of "zero."

Agreed.

You have binary explosion: "zero point oh one", "oh point zero one", "oh point oh one".

> Americans do not use "nought."  In fact my spell checker flags it as a 
> misspelling.

I'm an American and I use "nought", "naught", "ought" and "aught" for "nil" or "zero".

But then, I'm an educated American. Who was excited to survive to the 21st Century so I 
could experience the oughts.

Your spell checker was loaded by an ignoramus.

Whether you'd *say* "zero point zero one" depends on whether you care to 
pronounce the word as written or simply convey the meaning.

-- 
Lew

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Re: Java digits pronunciation markspace <markspace@nospam.nospam> - 2013-01-18 10:48 -0800
  Re: Java digits pronunciation Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2013-01-18 10:59 -0800
    Re: Java digits pronunciation Tim Slattery <Slattery_T@bls.gov> - 2013-01-18 16:08 -0500
      Re: Java digits pronunciation Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2013-01-18 13:36 -0800
        Re: Java digits pronunciation FredK <fred.l.kleinschmidt@gmail.com> - 2013-01-18 14:46 -0800
  Re: Java digits pronunciation Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2013-01-18 16:53 -0800

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