@[email protected] to [email protected] • 6 days ago"1.32 MB" Is that pronounced, "one-point-three-two" megabytes, or "one-point-thirty-two" megabytes?message-square75fedilinkarrow-up171arrow-down14
arrow-up167arrow-down1message-square"1.32 MB" Is that pronounced, "one-point-three-two" megabytes, or "one-point-thirty-two" megabytes?@[email protected] to [email protected] • 6 days agomessage-square75fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilink5•6 days agoNo that’s interesting, I was wondering if there was a cultural divide. Thirty two sounds so alien to me, but I heard it in a Nerdstalgic video and wondered if it was an American thing
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink9•edit-26 days agoDefinitely, in frech itd be un point trente-deux mégaoctets or 1.32mo edit: forgot not everyone speaks french, the french version is one point thirty-two
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•6 days agoSwedish would do the same as french, en komma trettitvå. Potentially some military would splice it up en komma tre två.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•5 days agoInteresting - is there a point at which you’d switch to saying individual digits? Like if you’re listing eight digits of pi, is it still three point fourteen million, one hundred fifty-nine thousand, two hundred sixty-five?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•5 days agoThere doesnt seem to be a hard line, but at some point, yes. If i had to i’d put it i’d pur it once you get past the millions. But theres also people who say it like people in english. It might be a regional thing. Tell you what, i’ll ask around today and see what people say.
No that’s interesting, I was wondering if there was a cultural divide.
Thirty two sounds so alien to me, but I heard it in a Nerdstalgic video and wondered if it was an American thing
Definitely, in frech itd be un point trente-deux mégaoctets or 1.32mo
edit: forgot not everyone speaks french, the french version is one point thirty-two
oh interesting!
Swedish would do the same as french, en komma trettitvå. Potentially some military would splice it up en komma tre två.
Interesting - is there a point at which you’d switch to saying individual digits? Like if you’re listing eight digits of pi, is it still three point fourteen million, one hundred fifty-nine thousand, two hundred sixty-five?
There doesnt seem to be a hard line, but at some point, yes. If i had to i’d put it i’d pur it once you get past the millions.
But theres also people who say it like people in english. It might be a regional thing.
Tell you what, i’ll ask around today and see what people say.
same in denmark!