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People who use the word "and" when saying a year or number
2008 is not pronounced two thousand AND eight, it's just two thousand eight. There is no "and" in numbers, EVER!
— Melanie from Flint, Michigan | Conversation | 5.9.2009 | Comments (13)
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except, of course, in British English
— Timothy posted 5/9/2009
Well, yes actually, there is an 'and', in Britain. Something that peeves me is Americans fucking around with the English language. This post actually really riled me!!
— BRYONY posted 5/9/2009
I had no idea there was no "and" in 2009. I think I'll keep saying it that way.
— jmc posted 5/10/2009
I like how Charles Osgood has been saying it: "Twenty-oh-#." It follows custom of nineteen ## and twenty-one ##. I add the "and" in sometimes for emphasis - My electric bill is a hundred AND eighty-seven dollars AND 45 cents? HOLY SHEEP! I better turn off some lights! My Captcha is one billion three hundred and ninety-one million seven hundred and eight thousand and fifty. That's how I would say that number out loud.
— Kerrin posted 5/10/2009
hooray for the correct english! does anyone outside america actually omit the 'and'? very curious. i'm australian, and hearing other aussies say 'two thousand nine' or 'a couple beers' because they've heard it on some yank show really annoys me.
— squeak posted 5/12/2009
Just because "American" English differs from UK and Australian English does not make it incorrect. Get over the "It's so cool and hip to dislike America". It's so 2007.
— Raj posted 5/13/2009
It's so hip to dislike america? I think the comment I posted was in reference to the original post that was essentially saying that British English was incorrect. So, yeah, they and you are wrong. Get over it.
— Bryony posted 5/13/2009
I really only remember the rule from school. Teachers would tell you the "and" is actually incorrect. I don't know or have never noticed anyone who complies with this rule in normal conversation or anyone who is bugged by anyone who doesn't comply (except the OP). It's obviously one of those grammar/vocab things, like irony or literally or nauseous that people can be accused of misusing, but actually aren't. People in U.S. still say "and" when saying large numbers out loud, so I think the OP is a case of one lone stickler.
— Kerrin posted 5/13/2009
raj - and you are making us dislike them so much less by making an arse of yourself. hahahaha...
— squeak posted 5/19/2009
There's an "and" in numbers if you're dealing in fractions. Two AND a half, if you said "two half" it wouldn't make sense. So the statement that there's no "and" in numbers, ever, is incorrect.
— itsbizar posted 5/20/2009
Oh no! I caught myself saying "one hundred AND seventy two" at work today...I feel SOo dirty now!
— Francheska posted 5/22/2009
An "and" denotes a decimal. 112.09$ is said, "one hundred twelve dollars and nine cents." Or 1021.897 is said, "one thousand twenty one and eight hundred ninety seven thousandths." If you put the "and" in the wrong place you move the decimal point. I hate have to reteach people this in technical fields. Dealing with data can be a bitch if the person reading it to you says "and" after every order of magnitude.
— Meg posted 12/12/2009
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