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Posted by: Apostrophe on 2008-08-11 13:43:49
As some of you may know, among my Macs is a Macintosh Centris 610.
Is it pronounced Centris six ten, or Centris six hundred and ten?
-Apostrophe
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Posted by: tomlee59 on 2008-08-11 13:58:21
Or "Centris six-one-oh?" 🙂
I've always heard it as "Centris six-ten." My guess is that the pronunciation with the fewest syllables tends to win out. The "lazy speaker" hypothesis explains many (but not all) evolutionary trends in speech and writing.
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Posted by: Apostrophe on 2008-08-11 14:03:37
Thanks Tomlee. 🙂
-Apostrophe
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Posted by: Dennis Nedry on 2008-08-11 16:10:46
Typically models ending in 00 use the term "hundred", i.e.:
6100: sixty-one hundred
9600: ninety-six hundred
People using the term "thousand" are sometimes, but not always, thought to be inexperienced.
And models with 4 digits not ending in zeros typically are said in groups of 2:
5260: fifty-two sixty
6116: sixty-one sixteen
Often times Apple II series, except specifically the original Apple II, are said dropping the Apple. i.e.:
Apple IIGS: two G S
Apple IIe: two E
Apple II+: two plus
Apple II: Apple two
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Posted by: Bunsen on 2008-08-12 05:28:49
In before Oh ess Ecks vs Oh ess Ten flamewar
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Posted by: equant on 2008-08-12 08:38:56
And models with 4 digits not ending in zeros typically are said in groups of 2:
5260: fifty-two sixty
6116: sixty-one sixteen Not that I disagree, but as an observation, this is contrary to TomLee's lowest-syllable-count assertion... "Five two-sixty" and "Six one one six" would be shorter.
I bring this up only because I have 20 minutes to kill.
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Posted by: paws on 2008-08-12 08:43:43
In Danish the number 450 is never realised as four fifty, it's always four hundred and fifty (firehundrede og halvtreds), and that's how I refer to my beloved Performa, in Danish and in English.
The four digit models I always refer to as xx hundreds.
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Posted by: MacMan on 2008-08-12 10:02:19
Typically models ending in 00 use the term "hundred", i.e.:
6100: sixty-one hundred
9600: ninety-six hundred
People using the term "thousand" are sometimes, but not always, thought to be inexperienced. With these PowerMac models I would tend to say "six one hundred" and "nine six hundred". Similarly for a 5200 I would say "five two hundred". Maybe that's just me...
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Posted by: Dennis Nedry on 2008-08-12 10:19:34
You know, I think people from different locales may pronounce it differently. We're from all over the place, and I don't doubt things are said differently at different places. I didn't really consider this before posting.
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Posted by: tomlee59 on 2008-08-12 11:34:03
And if in doubt, simply refer to it as the ekke ekke ekke f'tang f'tang olé biscuitbarrel Mac.
Except, maybe, in Finland.
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