Timeline for American vs. British English: meaning of "One hundred and fifty"
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| Sep 2 at 18:13 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | I doubt anyone omits the 'and' in 'a million and one'. | |
| Sep 2 at 15:09 | answer | added | Adrian McCarthy | timeline score: 2 | |
| Apr 20, 2018 at 7:01 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackEnglish/status/987224706020495361 | ||
| Aug 30, 2016 at 19:42 | comment | added | 54 69 6D | No one notices the "and." It's just faster to not say it. | |
| Feb 28, 2015 at 2:56 | history | protected | tchrist♦ | ||
| Feb 27, 2015 at 17:12 | answer | added | sfdffddsfdgfg | timeline score: 0 | |
| Nov 7, 2014 at 1:36 | answer | added | Damien Golding | timeline score: 1 | |
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| Aug 21, 2014 at 17:31 | answer | added | David Beckman | timeline score: 2 | |
| Feb 25, 2014 at 18:15 | comment | added | Barmar |
The only place where and = decimal point, in my experience, is when writing checks. It's used on the line where the amount is spelled as words, e.g. "One hundred and 75/100"
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| Aug 27, 2013 at 22:42 | answer | added | user50663 | timeline score: 2 | |
| Nov 4, 2012 at 19:01 | comment | added | Tortoise | As a hardcore American, I've never heard "and" used in the decimal point sense. We say "point." If someone said "one hundred and fifty," I would most definitely interpret that as 150, not 100.50; this goes for all contexts. | |
| Aug 28, 2012 at 15:09 | comment | added | Kevdog777 |
I know South African English is very similar to USA-English, but we don't say one hundred fifty, instead we say (the same as Brits), one hundred and fifty. When talking about money, I say one hundred and fifty Pounds or one hundred Pounds fifty.
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| Aug 28, 2012 at 13:01 | answer | added | Mike | timeline score: 1 | |
| Aug 28, 2012 at 11:54 | comment | added | Tristan | I agree, Blorgbeard. The "and = decimal point" is odd. Like Noldorin, I haven't this usage. It doesn't have that meaning, in the UK. | |
| Aug 28, 2012 at 4:41 | answer | added | Jay | timeline score: 1 | |
| Aug 28, 2012 at 4:13 | answer | added | ukayer | timeline score: 1 | |
| Aug 15, 2011 at 22:20 | comment | added | Ryan Bigg | Similar question here; english.stackexchange.com/questions/37958/… | |
| Aug 15, 2011 at 17:37 | answer | added | GEdgar | timeline score: 13 | |
| Aug 15, 2011 at 17:32 | comment | added | GEdgar | I was watching the Australian movie Fatty Finn the other day. Set in the 1930s, when Australia used pounds, shillings and pence. Fatty asks the pawnshop owner the price of the crystal set he wants. Afterward Fatty moans: "Seventeen and six? Where am I supposed to get seventeen and six, mister?" | |
| Aug 15, 2011 at 17:13 | answer | added | Strabbi | timeline score: 1 | |
| May 18, 2011 at 10:37 | comment | added | MSpeed | The 50 after the decimal point isn't "fifty", it's "five zero". | |
| Jan 22, 2011 at 3:15 | answer | added | Andrew | timeline score: 13 | |
| Sep 30, 2010 at 0:16 | comment | added | Noldorin | @John: Haha, this is true. Not sure Americans play darts though really, or at least aren't quite so fascinated with it as us Brits! | |
| Sep 29, 2010 at 23:03 | comment | added | John Ferguson | In darts you need the 'and' to give the score a more pleasing rhythm. One hundred and eighty! | |
| Sep 29, 2010 at 14:34 | answer | added | Mr. Shiny and New 安宇 | timeline score: 15 | |
| Sep 29, 2010 at 12:35 | comment | added | Noldorin | @Shreevatsar: The latter of course, where 'and' represents the decimal point. I wouldn't be a Brit if I didn't understand the first heh. Also, note that although Indian English descends from British English, it exhibits many dialectical differences these days. | |
| Sep 29, 2010 at 5:07 | comment | added | ShreevatsaR | @Noldorin: Which usage haven't you heard? "One hundred and fifty" used for 150, or it being taken to mean 100.50? I assume you meant the latter, and the former is standard in British English. [At least, it's so in India... 150 is always "hun redun fifty". :-)] | |
| Sep 29, 2010 at 0:01 | comment | added | Jason | i'd say one fiddy | |
| Sep 28, 2010 at 23:55 | answer | added | thursdaysgeek | timeline score: 6 | |
| Sep 28, 2010 at 22:21 | answer | added | nohat | timeline score: 36 | |
| Sep 28, 2010 at 22:18 | comment | added | Noldorin | Indeed, I haven't heard this usage either. (I'm also a Brit.) | |
| Sep 28, 2010 at 22:05 | comment | added | Tim | "And" for the decimal seems to me common when speaking of money, but not so common as far as i can tell in other contexts. | |
| Sep 28, 2010 at 21:44 | history | asked | Blorgbeard | CC BY-SA 2.5 |