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orald wrote:You yanks have a silly language.
Yes...but at least OUR language never died out and had to be given CPR. Nyah. :P

And it's not a "stupid" language.

(That would be Loxian. :roll: Completely stupid. No reason for its existence.)

Thought of another nice eg with a zero as the second digit for y'all: Year of the Norman Invasion/Conquest, anyone? ;)

(I don't remember EVER hearing this "and = decimal bit" stuff. Unless it's like in Serkanner's eg, five and four/tenths. But that's essentially the same as in Omph's comment: five + four/tenths.)
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SandChigger wrote:Thought of another nice eg with a zero as the second digit for y'all: Year of the Norman Invasion/Conquest, anyone? ;)
Ten Sixty-Six.

(and all that)
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SandChigger wrote:Thought of another nice eg with a zero as the second digit for y'all: Year of the Norman Invasion/Conquest, anyone? ;)
Ten Sixty-Six.

(and all that)
But when was Edward the Confessor born?

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Ten-oh-three, of course!

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Okay, so we've agreed AND does not = decimal?

EDIT: Chig - you're right, it's not a stupid language - wait, I didn't mean you're/your correct, I meant you should take your/you're next right. :wink:
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Also note well:

"When writing..."

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SandChigger wrote:Also note well:

"When writing..."

;)
Good point. Obviously when writing out an amount on a check one would use "and" for the cents, maybe even when speaking, but again only with currency, never with regular numbers.
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I don't use paper checks anymore but when I did I would write:

One hundred twenty three dollars-------------------------45/100

for $123.45
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Freakzilla wrote:I don't use paper checks anymore but when I did I would write:

One hundred twenty three dollars-------------------------45/100

for $123.45
I've seen/done that too.
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I've written a number of checks in the last few weeks (replacement water heater, labor :( ) and I always write AND. ;)
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i always write "and" on checks too.
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Paper checks are evil. :evil:
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Any time I write a check to a friend or family member with a sense of humor, I'll add something like "illegal drugs" or "sex party" or "thanks for last night" on the comments line. Half the time they don't even notice; I might be the only person who still uses the comments line.
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Freakzilla wrote:Paper checks are evil. :evil:
Um...why?

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