pronunciation

[daisy1352]

How do you read this: the Boeing 747. I want the number.

[Mariner]

seven-four-seven

Most of the Boeings are pronounced like this, e.g. seven-three-seven.

However, the Boeing 777 is called "triple seven"

[BobK]

Originally Posted by Mariner

seven-four-seven

Most of the Boeings are pronounced like this, e.g. seven-three-seven.

However, the Boeing 777 is called "triple seven"

I've never head 'triple seven'.

I agree about 'seven four seven', though I think you may want some American input; I seem to remember hearing an American voice saying 'seven forty-seven'. But I'm really not sure about this.

If you need this early a number, 707 is 'seven O seven' (not nought or zero).

b

[Ouisch]

Bob is correct, in AmE we say "seven forty-seven." Similarly, a 707 is "seven oh seven," 727 "seven twenty-seven," etc.

[dihen]

Do you mean no one would say "seven zero seven"?

[BobK]

No one that I've heard.

b

[dihen]

Originally Posted by BobK

No one that I've heard.

But would you consider it ungrammatical or just unnatural?

[BobK]

Originally Posted by dihen

But would you consider it ungrammatical or just unnatural?

Unnatural. I would assume the speaker was not a native speaker.

b