Re: [OT Why GB English is different] Re: Mozilla firefox en-gb

["Daniel B." <REMOVEdanielTHIS@fgm.com>]

Damon L. Chesser wrote:

...  You can say eighty-two fifty ($82.50), eighty-two and fifty
> cents, eighty-two dollars and fifty cents.  All are understood. 

Well, not clearly:  "eighty-two fifty" is said both for 82.50 and
for 8250.


> Except one and 23 is = 1.23 = 1 and 23

Wait a minute.  Now you're talking about "one and twenty three"--
weren't you arguing about "one hundred and twenty three" before?

Those forms are significantly different.  "One and twenty three"
can never mean 123.



Daniel