From: clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP   
      
   On 2025-08-08, Arne Vajhøj  wrote:   
   > On 8/8/2025 2:21 PM, Michael Kraemer wrote:   
   >> On 08.08.2025 19:43, Arne Vajhøj wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> And "hundreds of" is undoubtedly correct. As it strictly speaking   
   >>> just say more than two hundred.   
   >>>   
   >>> Some readers may assume that hundreds imply less than thousand. But   
   >>> that is reading between the lines.   
   >>   
   >> No need to read between, just stay on line.   
   >> In my part of the universe "several hundred" means just that,   
   >> "less than thousand".   
   >   
   > What do you call the year 1999? The year one thousand nine hundred and   
   > ninety nine?   
   >   
      
   Depends on context. If you know it's a year, then no. If you know it's   
   a number, then maybe. If you know "2000" is a year, then yes you still do.   
   If it's something like "2491 AD", then some might say each digit by itself.   
      
   Another context matters example: How do you pronounce "coax" ?   
      
   BTW, some people get your example wrong when going the other way, even   
   with the additional required context. For example, some people wrote   
   "F-111" as "F1-11". Yuck. :-)   
      
   BTW, sometimes people just say something the wrong way, even though the   
   known context says it is wrong. For example, kilometre is known to be   
   a multiple of a SI unit, yet many pronounce it as "kil-lom-etre" instead   
   of as "kilo-metre" in the same way as you any other SI unit such as mass.   
      
   So in answer to your question, it depends both on the context and also   
   the ability of a person to understand the context. :-)   
      
   Simon.   
      
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