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| From | markspace <markspace@nospam.nospam> |
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| Subject | Re: Java digits pronunciation |
| Date | Fri, 18 Jan 2013 10:48:57 -0800 |
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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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