How do you pronounce "4001"?

[kenfxj]

Four then two zeroes then the one at the end instead of the three.

Hmmm. Four thousand one is easier....

 

[PimasterPearson]

I'd call it "forty oh one" or "four thousand one."

Regarding America's preference for speaking in hundreds, it makes sense if you have a really big number. "Forty-two hundred" rolls off the tongue a bit better than "four thousand two hundred." And you can do it with any 4-digit number as long as it doesn't begin with "ten hundred," for some reason that's the one instance where it doesn't sound right.

I'll admit it's weird, but at least we say billion instead of the weird "thousand million" phrase that seems to be the norm in the UK. Never understood that.

 

[number11]

I've heard guys here say "four-double-O-one" too.

 

[WoodyG3]

4001 = "four thousand one."
4000 + 1 = "four thousand and one"
I'm from the US and we were taught in school NOT to put "and" in the middle of a number. So, naturally, I do it all the time anyway.

The bass? It's a fourthousandone.

 

[staindbass]

fore thousend won ?

 

[rayzak]

I've heard guys here say "four-double-O-one" too.

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[number11]

I'll admit it's weird, but at least we say billion instead of the weird "thousand million" phrase that seems to be the norm in the UK. Never understood that.

Billion is the norm, i believe both here and in the UK. Don't get them to say "sixth", though, particularly on the BBC

 

[PimasterPearson]

Billion is the norm, i believe both here and in the UK. Don't get them to say "sixth", though, particularly on the BBC

What do they say instead? "Fifth plus one?"

 

[number11]

They say " Sic-th"

Apparently thats correct.

 

[Ric5]

Four thousand one.

+1

 

[GnRDuff1]

Forty oh one.

+1

 

[Kink Rimson]

I've heard guys here say "four-double-O-one" too.

That's what I say. Gives it a slight MI5 vibe too.

 

[Buster Brown]

.....um....



four zero zero one

-or-

four naught naught one

-or-

forty zero one

-or-

you can use proper venacular and say:


Rickenbacker

 

[Jazzdogg]

Rick four-thousand-one

American English trivia: I was taught that the word "and" implies a decimal point, i.e., a whole number AND a remainder, e.g., forty dollars AND fifty-three cents.

 

[OPBASSMAN1994]

I say Four thousand one. and to the irish guy, we're american. We try to avoid anything that is considered non-essential, so that we can have more time for essential things like Facebook and complaining about our government while watching football.

(Not soccer, just so you know, which is another weird thing! Soccer here is football everywhere else.)

 

[Adam Barkley]

Four thousand and one. I'm English, so I use the 'and'.

Would any americans say fourty-hundred and one? The way some of you guys don't talk in thousands intruiges me - 'Ten hundred dollars', etc.

Never heard anyone use "ten hundred dollars" instead of a thousand. It would be like using "5 feet 12 inches" instead of just "6 feet."

 

[Audiophage]

I say " four thousand and one", because I'm Irish, and do not understand why Americans would drop the "and"...it's so quaint!!

Well, I'm American and I do not drop the "and".

 

[number11]

We try to avoid anything that is considered non-essential, so that we can have more time for essential things like Facebook and complaining about our government while watching football.

(Not soccer, just so you know, which is another weird thing! Soccer here is football everywhere else.)

You make a compelling argument, and I like your style!

And "football" here is this maniac stuff, neither like soccer nor your variety:

YouTube - ‪Meath v Mayo 1996 All-Ireland SFC Final Highlights‬‏


proper Irish bar brawl at 0.40!

Trivia..."Aluminium" was actually aluminum first, but Europeans added the "i" to make it more like the rest of the periodic table here.

 

[bassbarr2]

This is how we pronounce it here in Portlandia:

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[M.R. Ogle]

Like the year.
2001= Two thousand one
4001= Four thousand one