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To: Morgana

12 and seven

Oddly inconsistent.

It’s either 12 and 7 or twelve and seven.

Do the English, with the Imperial numerical length system built on twelve inches no longer know how to spell twelve? Possibly not since they generally use millimeters now.

Could also be the case that they figure seven seems older than 7 to the stupid people and they’re probably right. Idiocracy and all that.


27 posted on 03/25/2024 6:10:15 PM PDT by Pollard ( Seed Room Wx: 67 degrees - 30% humidity )
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To: Pollard

12 and 7.


31 posted on 03/25/2024 6:54:06 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: Pollard
"It’s either 12 and 7 or twelve and seven."

It's a roll of the dice. Usually one rolls the dice and shouts "7-11!" Excuse me! Incidents like this gets my sarcasm rolling.

35 posted on 03/25/2024 7:06:01 PM PDT by jonrick46 (Leftniks chase illusions of motherships at the end of the pier.)
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To: Pollard
"It’s either 12 and 7 or twelve and seven."

It's a roll of the dice. Usually one rolls the dice and shouts "7-11!" Excuse me! Incidents like this gets my sarcasm rolling.

36 posted on 03/25/2024 7:06:28 PM PDT by jonrick46 (Leftniks chase illusions of motherships at the end of the pier.)
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To: Pollard

IIRC, the rule is to spell out the word for one-digit numbers and write the numeral for numbers 10 and higher.


39 posted on 03/25/2024 8:03:37 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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