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Re: Java digits pronunciation

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On 1/18/13 10:48 AM, markspace wrote:
> On 1/18/2013 10:37 AM, Stefan Ram wrote:
>>    In a Java programming class in Sunnyvale (U.S.A.), how would
>>
>> 0.01
>>
>>    usually be pronounced?
>>
>>    nought point oh one?
>>
>
> "Point zero one," or "one one-hundredth," is how I'd pronounce it. Maybe
> "zero point zero one."  "Oh" is OK too in place of "zero."
>
> Americans do not use "nought."  In fact my spell checker flags it as a
> misspelling.

I would either says "zero point zero one".  Though it depends on the 
full context.  For example, in phone numbers, I'm likely to say "oh" for 
zeros.

Also, for periods which aren't decimal points, I'm likely to use "dot" 
instead of "point".  For example "version 1.02" I would say "one point 
oh two"

This is my own way of doing it, I'm not sure how standard that is.

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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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