Topic: why do americans say for example twenty six hundred for "2600" and two thousand and one for "2001"?
Anonymous A started this discussion 11 years ago #46,464
why don't they say twenty hundred and one?
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 1 minute later[^] [v] #612,867
Because it's cool :)
Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 1 minute later, 3 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #612,868
Language allows us to express the same ideas in different words. Thanks.
Metæ joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 28 minutes later, 32 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #612,877
As one word.
Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 9 minutes later, 42 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #612,881
Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 11 minutes later, 53 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #612,884
because when people refer to "2001" they are talking about the year most of the time and when people say "2600" they are referring to a numerical value you colossal bitch
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 11 years ago, 1 hour later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #612,922
@previous (F)
so you're saying they would say twenty hundred and one if they were referring to 2001 peanuts for example?
so you're saying they would say twenty hundred and one if they were referring to 2001 peanuts for example?
Syntax joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 5 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #612,924
2015 for instance in a more modern interpretation wood be
11111011111
One One One One One Zero One One One One One
Not so sure Shakespeare wood approve of doing it this way in speech.
11111011111
One One One One One Zero One One One One One
Not so sure Shakespeare wood approve of doing it this way in speech.
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 11 years ago, 2 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #612,926
Syntax replied with this 11 years ago, 6 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #612,932
RWBY Rhubarb? !!iNo3FkiZx joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 9 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #612,938
FuckAlms !vX8K53rFBI joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 3 hours later, 6 hours after the original post[^] [v] #613,041
twenty oh one
Anonymous J joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 9 hours later, 16 hours after the original post[^] [v] #613,193
Meowth joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 14 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #613,323
2001 has less syllables than twenty-hundred and one. @OP stop being such a fucktard and use your brain.
squeegee joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 1 hour later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #613,343
because we're not french