123.to_slang == "a franklin, a jackson, three washingtons, and some jingle"
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-----Original Message-----
From: Justin Collins [mailto:collinsj@seattleu.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 1:43 PM
To: ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org
Subject: Re: Thanks Ruby Quiz!
Kerry Buckley wrote:
On 10 May 2006, at 9:08 pm, Justin Collins wrote:
= Examples
123.to_english == one hundred and twenty-three
I know this is really nit-picky, but the "proper" way to say 123 is
"one hundred twenty-three." "And" is only used for decimal points:
I'm sure that says to_english, not to_american
Kerry
Good call on the distinction...if the OP could take that into
consideration...we need a to_american method as well...
-Justin
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It appears I opened a can of worms. I see why this was chosen as a ruby
quiz. It seems to elicit a lot of varying responses. Do you guys think
that the and should be removed except for floats?
On Thu, 2006-05-11 at 05:48 +0900, Debaun, Steve [Seminis/2400] wrote:
123.to_slang == "a franklin, a jackson, three washingtons, and some jingle"
-----Original Message-----
From: Justin Collins [mailto:collinsj@seattleu.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 1:43 PM
To: ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org
Subject: Re: Thanks Ruby Quiz!
Kerry Buckley wrote:
> On 10 May 2006, at 9:08 pm, Justin Collins wrote:
>>>>
>>>> = Examples
>>>> 123.to_english == one hundred and twenty-three
>>>>
>>
>> I know this is really nit-picky, but the "proper" way to say 123 is
>> "one hundred twenty-three." "And" is only used for decimal points:
>
> I'm sure that says to_english, not to_american
>
> Kerry
>
Good call on the distinction...if the OP could take that into
consideration...we need a to_american method as well...
-Justin
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Do you guys think that the and should be removed except for floats?
No.
Google shows about 54,200 hits on "one hundred and twenty three"
but only about 42,900 on "one hundred twenty three."
I can't imagine the justification for why "and" is only proper for floats. "One hundred and twenty three" is idiomatic English, both in the US and UK.
"In the year of our Lord, Seventeen Hundred and Seventy Six."
"Four score and seven years ago."
"Four and twenty blackbirds."
Just because you can also say "seventeen hundred seventy six," "one thousand seven hundred seventy six," "eighty seven" and "twenty four" doesn't make the former improper.
It appears I opened a can of worms. I see why this was chosen as a ruby
quiz. It seems to elicit a lot of varying responses. Do you guys think
that the and should be removed except for floats?
When I was a kid, teachers laid heavy stress on this for some reason.
It was treated as a moral obligation, a physical law, and a
partiotic duty all wrapped up in one.
However, I've since heard that it's probably an American thing.
Do you guys think that the and should be removed except for floats?
No.
Google shows about 54,200 hits on "one hundred and twenty three"
but only about 42,900 on "one hundred twenty three."
I can't imagine the justification for why "and" is only proper for floats. "One hundred and twenty three" is idiomatic English, both in the US and UK.
"In the year of our Lord, Seventeen Hundred and Seventy Six."
"Four score and seven years ago."
"Four and twenty blackbirds."
Just because you can also say "seventeen hundred seventy six," "one thousand seven hundred seventy six," "eighty seven" and "twenty four" doesn't make the former improper.
My original point was not that serious...it can be left as-is without a problem.
