Psychology

[filburt1]

There is a reason for this, I'll give it after I get a few votes...

[denniswrenn]

Me can't read numbers.

[filburt1]

Aw, poor Dennis.

[denniswrenn]

Me lied. Me can read only number 69.

[filburt1]

Me can read the number 666.

[Jimmy Changas]

what was the reason fillyburty guy?

[chenko]

The correct way is...

Thirty-two thousand, seven hundred and sixty-seven

but i say 32272, I always get them mixed up

what about

drei, zwei, sebien, sechs, sebien

damn i cant do german to save my life, and what the heck was i doing in that german class for 5 years!?!?

[denniswrenn]

null
eins
zwei
drei
vier
fuenf
sechs
sieben
acht
neun
zehn
elf
zwoelf
dreizehn
vierzehn
fuenfzehn
sechzehn
siebzehn
actzehn
neunzehn
zwanzig

[denniswrenn]

zweiunddreizig thousand siebenhundert siebundsechzig

[chrismitchell]

Are you in this forum for a holiday or for Reconnaissance?

[chenko]

ahh, I just spelt 7 wrong, I can speak numbers in german up to very high values, just cant spell any

[Pix]

I'm useless at spelling in other languages too. But then all my language teachers were scary (reckon they were in a cult or something) so I have an excuse.

BTW, about the numbers thing. I go for option 2

[Wynd]

Treinta y dos mil setecientos sesenta y siete

And that, my friends, is why Spanish speakers talk so fast

Let's get it in as many languages as possible.

[ShIzO]

trzydziesci dwa tysiace siedemset szescdziesiat siedem

[filburt1]

Originally posted by Jimmy Changas
what was the reason fillyburty guy?

Me back, Net access to any server on port 80 (i.e., a web server) was down UNTIL NOW!

The answer:

Most programmers tend to say thirty-two seven sixty seven. While Thirty-two thousand, seven hundred and sixty seven is the correct way, the other way is the maximum value for a signed integer in C, C++ and Visual Basic (in Java, it is called "short"). As this number is used CONSTANTLY while determing how to declare a number, most programmers tend to say it that way.

This is, of course, my own theory...but I have asked people at work and family members this same question, and the programmers tend to say 32 7 67. Although, according to the poll, no one in Chit Chat is a programmer.

Any comments?

[filburt1]

*bump

[barrk]

Originally posted by Wynd
Let's get it in as many languages as possible.

Amen! Oh...wait...you meant the numbers didn't you?..............nevermind

[Gaming_World]

None of the above:

Thirty-two thousand seven hundred sixty-seven

[filburt1]

Technically true, but read my explanation three posts up...

[marnitzg]

Drie duisend seve honderd seve en sestig

[MorbuZ]

Tretti-to tusen, sju-hundre og seksti-sju.

[filburt1]

ŽO\“ñç, Žµ•S˜Z\Žµ (Chinese, according to Babelfish )

[kedaman]

kuusitoistamiljoonaseitsemänsataaseitsemänkymmentäseitsemäntuhattakaksisataakuusitoista

[kedaman]

kolmekymmentäkaksituhattaseitsemänsataakuusikymmentäseitsemän

[filburt1]

English: 32,767
Spanish: 32.767
German: 32.767
Chinese...