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06-25-2018, 05:20 AM
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RE: how to pronounce numbers
Hello,
126.544 Cent vintgt-quatre virgule cinq cent quarante-quatre En french, we do not "remove" higher numerals multipliers like americans do: 199 is NEVER pronounced as one nintynine, but always one hundred and ninty nine. We do use "hundreds" with multipliers in the 11 to 19 range, but prety much only for dates: 1974 = dix-neuf cent soixante-quatorze (19*100 60+14, literraly). Where there is conciderable wiggle room is in the decimal place where the fractional part is "most often" said as a full integer number. Unless it is very large. Then you are free to group the digits by 2, 3, or even more to make it easier for the listener. With the issue of how to deal with leading 0s... And I leave you with one of the most wonderfull numbers of the French language: 98 = Quatre-vingt-dix-huit or: For Twenty and ten eight! How wonderful! Cyrille Although I work for the HP calculator group, the views and opinions I post here are my own. I do not speak for HP. |
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