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Old 20-Aug-2006, 17:18
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can anyone tell me how to say 1902~?

nineteen hundred and two???
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These are all OK:
nineteen-two
nineteen-oh-two
nineteen-hundred-and-two
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These are all OK:
nineteen-two
nineteen-oh-two
nineteen-hundred-and-two
I've never heard the first form used in NaE, Tdol, but then I can't actually cover every square inch of it.
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Old 20-Aug-2006, 20:10
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thanks a lot..
but will people misunderstand "nineteen-two" as 192?
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thanks a lot..
but will people misunderstand "nineteen-two" as 192?
I don't think so. 192 would onl;y be spoken as "one-hundred-ninety-two".

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I think most people would say nineteen-oh-two
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thnx...... lol
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I always use like this: nineteen-oh-two

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nineteen hundred two
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