Pronouncing written things, spelling

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Bubr

#22391 Fri, 13 Feb 04 04:10 PM

How is it correct to spell, say, the word: SPELL

Es-Pi-Ee-El-El

or

Es-Pi-Ee-Double El

Is there any rule for using first or second variant?

Bubr

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rommie

#22393 Fri, 13 Feb 04 04:46 PM

What a curious question.

Nope. No rule. Do what you like. I'm not sure that even counts as grammar.

Oh - just thought of something. Never say "double U". That could confuse.

Rommie

rommie

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Bubr

#22395 Fri, 13 Feb 04 05:07 PM

Thanks! Ok. It's not grammar, it's a question of a foreigner who is only familiar with written english. There is a lot of things which I am not sure how to pronounce.

For example, at school we were taught to name years like 1991 this way 'nineteen ninety one'; it was not until recently that I came to know that 2004 is not 'twenty-o-four' but simply 'Two thousand four'!

Do you know any other things which we know how to write but doubt how to say?

Bubr

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rommie

#22397 Fri, 13 Feb 04 05:24 PM

Okay, I understand. So things like email addresses, web addresses, telephone numbers and so on might give you some difficulty? You are more than welcome to ask about anything like this. The only reason for my hesitation is that often there ISN'T a single "rule" about these things - it's often just personal preference. But you are right about 2004.

On a related subject, even I don't know how to we're supposed to pronounce the year 2010. (I'm guessing "twenty ten" but I don't know for sure). My plan is to wait until it happens and then see what everyone else calls it.

Rommie

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Bubr

#22402 Fri, 13 Feb 04 05:47 PM

Fortunately, I have learned how to pronounce e-mail addresses: 'ad' for @, 'dot' for '.', 'underline' for '_', 'slash' for '/'.

But another thing which makes stumble is mathematics.
3+4=7 - Three plus four is equal to 7? Or equals 7?
3*5 - Three times five?
2.1*3.5 - Two point one times three and a half?
2^5 - Two to the power of five (I mean 2^5=2*2*2*2*2)
sin(x) - Sine of x? Sine x? Sine at x?
1.6*10^(-19) - One dot six times ten to the power of minus nineteen ?

More complicated things (derivatives, integrals, vector operations, indexes, etc) are far out of my imagination.

Bubr

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pedant

#22444 Sat, 14 Feb 04 07:44 AM

@ - "at"
3+4=7 - "Three plus four equals 7."
3*5 - "Three times five."
2.1*3.5 - "Two point one times three point five."
2^5 - "Two to the power of five"
sin(x) - "Sine of x" or "Sine x"
1.6*10^(-19) - "One point six times ten to the power of negative nineteen."

Bonus:
6.0 - "six point oh."

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suzi

#22456 Sat, 14 Feb 04 10:30 AM

did you get an answer to SPELL - I'd say double L

I would also say 6.0 was six point nought!

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Bubr

#22458 Sat, 14 Feb 04 12:31 PM

Thanks pedant and suzi!

suzi, NOUGHT? Never heard this!

Ok, can someone tell me how to pronounce these scalar and vector multiplication operations (A and B, are vectors here, i, j, k - unit vectors):

(AB) (which is AxBx+AyBy+AzCz) - Dotproduct of A and B? A dot B? A dotproduct B?
[A x B] (which is (AyBz-AzBy)i+(AzBx-AxBz)j+(AxBy-AyBx)k) - Crossproduct of A and B? A cross B? A crossproduct B?

df
--- - Derivative of f by x? Derivative of f at x?
dx

..1
. /
. I f(x)dx - integral from zero to one of f of x by x? integral from 0 to 1 of f of x by d x?
./
. 0

Bubr

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nestman

#22466 Sat, 14 Feb 04 06:45 PM

Hi Bubr,

when I was in high school (many years ago...) I saw some mathematic books did "write" the formula. May be you can find out from library

(sorry that I cannot help you as I have forgotten what I had learnt from shool... ha ha)

nestman

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