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Re: Java digits pronunciation

From	markspace <markspace@nospam.nospam>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject	Re: Java digits pronunciation
Date	2013-01-18 10:48 -0800
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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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.

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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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