Timeline for Meaning and acceptability of "One fifty" when speaking of dollars
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| Nov 3, 2012 at 15:32 | comment | added | Anurag Kalia | @Paola No, it was just an example. It is common and standard to say 'three fifty seven marks' for 357 marks, 'one twenty sticks' for 120 sticks and so on. But there is a caveat. 101 to 119 are spoken with hundred except 110 (and so on with 201, 301 etc). | |
| Nov 2, 2012 at 23:56 | comment | added | Paola | But I suppose you mean to say that you use such expressions when speaking about sums in rupees. I don't remember the correct exchange rate to the dollar, still I think it's about 1 dollar to 50 rupees. Besides, 1.50 rupees wouldn't get you very far, or would it? | |
| Nov 2, 2012 at 23:04 | history | answered | Anurag Kalia | CC BY-SA 3.0 |