I certainly would say 'three thousand four hundred point fifty-six'
for 3400.56.

3456 is what I would assume if someone said 'three thousand
four hundred and fifty-six',

Bill
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Dirickson [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 29 September 2001 19:55
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] Wildly OT: Simple math question


> BTW, 'three thousan four hundred and fifty six' = 3400.56 is purely an
> Americanism, so watch out when you travel.

It isn't even that; I have never heard of using "and" to denote the decimal
point.

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