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Reading numbers
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florimago
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Reading numbers
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Hi everybody : I have a silly question for you . How do you read phone numbers with repeated digits ( three times and four times mainly ) Thanks in advance
Flori |
24 Oct 2013
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edrodmedina
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If the number is 333-4444, I would read it: three three three -four four- four four. If it were 333-3444, I would read it: three three three- three four- four four. Ed
edit: the last four numbers are grouped by twos...they can also be read as: three three three forty-four forty-four
or three three three thirty-four forty-four |
24 Oct 2013
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cunliffe
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I would say, for 3334444: treble three, double four, double four. |
24 Oct 2013
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florimago
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Thanks everybody for your quick answers. I was familiar with Cunliffe �s answer but I �ve seen Ed �s way too so I got a little confused so, must I understand both are correct depending on the area?
Flori |
24 Oct 2013
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yanogator
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Generally, it �s just a matter of personal preference. In the US, though, we wouldn �t usually use "treble" or "triple", but "double" is fairly common. There �s an old Big Band song "Pennsylvania 6-5000", which is said "Pennsylvania six-five thousand". That �s common, when the final digits are zeroes. My phone number as I was growing up was 268-2100. Dad always said it "268, twenty-one hundred", which I think could be confusing, since people could think he was saying 20-100. Until recently, my number was 533-3699. I always said each digit individually. Bruce |
24 Oct 2013
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MoodyMoody
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I usually say each digit individually, even for my own phone number. The last four digits are 3666: three six six six. Many people don �t like my phone number because many Christians believe that 666 is the number of the Anti-Christ. What �s even creepier is that if you put the numbers on a standard phone, the corresponding letters are DOOM. |
24 Oct 2013
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Peter Hardy
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We go for something like: zero -four - one - triple seven - double eight - double three. (0417778833). By the way, I got three sevens, Moody, does that mean to those superstitious people I got connections with the High One???  |
24 Oct 2013
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Jayho
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In the land down under we use triple and double9444 6666 = nine triple four, double six double six 9994 6666 = Triple nine four, double six double six We don �t use treble, and saying each number individually is toooo long winded Cheers Jayho |
25 Oct 2013
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