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How could I forget?

UK = US
fanny = pussy
bum = fanny

The cause of many a hilarious turn of conversation when I am with my British friends.

LOL! Apparently my face was a picture when an American mentioned their 'fanny pack' - and not just because they're naff.
 

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ok solved the math thing!

Apparently and is common usage for US math speak and proper usage for UK where as proper US would leave it out unless denoting a decimal.

Canada, Erratic, by using the space in writing it is following the rules of the International System of Units which says that a space is to be used when separating thousands and EITHER a comma or period are to be used to indicate a decimal.

DAMMIT! Math let me down! It is supposed to be universal! With rules that don't change! This is what happens when language and logic collide, I guess. (or do I suppose:wink: which I use as well)
 
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ok solved the math thing!

Apparently and is common usage for US math speak and proper usage for UK where as proper US would leave it out unless denoting a decimal.

Canada, Erratic, by using the space in writing it is following the rules of the International System of Units which says that a space is to be used when separating thousands and EITHER a comma or period are to be used to indicate a decimal.

DAMMIT! Math let me down! It is supposed to be universal! With rules that don't change! This is what happens when language and logic collide, I guess. (or do I suppose:wink: which I use as well)
LOL! We use the comma to separate thousands from hundreds, but the full stop (period) before the decimal.
 

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LOL! We use the comma to separate thousands from hundreds, but the full stop (period) before the decimal.
Well in that regard, in writing at least, US and UK are the same!

and i will say "point" for a decimal, but only if I am dictating numbers or on the phone. Again, I make no sense:redface:
 

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sorry for the derail.

Nudeyorker is far better versed than I in these things. As was evident by his posts.

I will enjoy reading as my participation would be minimal :redface:
 

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lol! that sucks!

I am looking up if the proper way to say two thousand, twelve is as all my math professors drilled into me. Or if that is just US math. Seeing as how math speak is fairly consistent, it may be one of the few times that the US pronunciation is "correct" over the UK:rolleyes:

I will, till the day I die, say that when you say "and" in a number (years in dates are numbers, after all), you are verbally denoting a frippin' decimal
The and is an additive used for anything under 100. "Two thousand and twelve" = 2000 + 12. So we'd say:

1,400,000 = "One million, four hundred thousand"

but also:

1,400,032 = "One million, four hundred thousand and thirty two".

For a decimal we'd say: 45.73 = "Forty five point seven three"

In a similar way, I've noticed that in American news reports you might read something like: "A man was arrested Monday for..." whereas over here it would be "A man was arrested on Monday..." or maybe "A man was arrested this/last Monday..." It just doesn't seem to read properly the American way.
 

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lol! that sucks!

I am looking up if the proper way to say two thousand, twelve is as all my math professors drilled into me. Or if that is just US math. Seeing as how math speak is fairly consistent, it may be one of the few times that the US pronunciation is "correct" over the UK:rolleyes:

I will, till the day I die, say that when you say "and" in a number (years in dates are numbers, after all), you are verbally denoting a frippin' decimal

No real maths person would ever use "and" to indicate a decimal point, because then you'd be guilty of the great mistake of naming a decimal value (seven five three) with the name of a whole number (seven hundred and fifty three)! Definitely wrong.