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Usenet Posted 18 years ago
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How do you pronounce fractions in British English?

Hello,
I am looking for the right pronunciation of fractions in British English. Every style guide I find is very clear about thirds, quarters and fifths, but then they stop.
How do you pronounce fractions like "4000 / 563" in English? Is it "Four thousand five hundred sixty thirds"? How do you differentiate that from "4500 / 63" which would be pronounced the very same way?

I am familiar with "4000 over 563" in American English. Is this correct in British English, too?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
P. Papaspyrou
  

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[nq:1]Hello, I am looking for the right pronunciation of fractions in British English. Every style guide I find is very ... very same way?

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  • [nq:1]Hello, I am looking for the right pronunciation of fractions in British English.
  • Every style guide I find is very ...
  • very same way?
  • I am familiar with "4000 over 563" in American English.
  • [/nq] Yes, it is.
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[nq:1]Hello, I am looking for the right pronunciation of fractions in British English. Every style guide I find is very ... very same way? I am familiar with "4000 over 563" in American English. Is this correct in British English, too?[/nq]
Yes, it is.
Regards, Einde O'Callaghan
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[nq:1]Yes, it is.[/nq]
Thank you very much. You have made my life easier.
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[nq:1]Hello, I am looking for the right pronunciation of fractions in British English. Every style guide I find is very ... very same way? I am familiar with "4000 over 563" in American English. Is this correct in British English, too?[/nq]
That is correct in British English.
[nq:1]Any help would be greatly appreciated. Regards, P. Papaspyrou[/nq]
Peter Duncanson, UK
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[nq:1]I am familiar with "4000 over 563" in American English. Is this correct in British English, too?[/nq]
Yes. At any rate that is how I would say it, so I hope it's correct.
John Hall
"If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody, come sit next to me."
Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884-1980)
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[nq:2]I am familiar with "4000 over 563" in American English. Is this correct in British English, too?[/nq]
[nq:1]Yes. At any rate that is how I would say it, so I hope it's correct.[/nq]
I think I would regard it as an Americanism.

John Briggs
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[nq:1]I think I would regard it as an Americanism.[/nq]
It's what I was taught in Maths class in Ireland over 40 years ago. If it's an Americanism, I would think it has become "nativised" by now.

So how would you day it? "Four thousand five-hundred-and-sixty-thirds"?

Regards, Einde O'Callaghan
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[nq:1]I think I would regard it as an Americanism.[/nq]
It's what I was taught in Maths class in Ireland over 40 years ago. If it's an Americanism, I would think it has become "nativised" by now.

So how would you day it? "Four thousand five-hundred-and-sixty-thirds"?

Regards, Einde O'Callaghan
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[nq:1]I think I would regard it as an Americanism.[/nq]
It's what I was taught in Maths class in Ireland over 40 years ago. If it's an Americanism, I would think it has become "nativised" by now.

So how would you day it? "Four thousand five-hundred-and-sixty-thirds"?

Regards, Einde O'Callaghan
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[nq:2]I think I would regard it as an Americanism.[/nq]
[nq:1]It's what I was taught in Maths class in Ireland over 40 years ago. If it's an Americanism, I would think it has become "nativised" by now. So how would you day it? "Four thousand five-hundred-and-sixty-thirds"?[/nq]
Sorry for the multiple posts - I'm testing a new newsgroup provider and I haven't got the settings right yet.
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[nq:1]So how would you day it? "Four thousand five-hundred-and-sixty-thirds"?[/nq]
And what would that be? 4560/3 or 4500/63 or 4/1563?

Regards,
P. Papaspyrou
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