Re:The number input is the worst input
by chrismorgan on Friday September 16, 2022 @01:17AM
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Your cheques example is a completely different matter because you’re specifying a unit, without which it would be nonsensical in at least most English locales (all that I know of). That dividing “and” in {{N dollars} and {N cents}} is just a normal “and” like any other in English, roughly meaning “plus”. In Australian English, I would pronounce $1,234,567.89 as “one million, two hundred and thirty-four thousand, five hundred and sixty-seven dollars and eighty-nine cents”.
For more interesting currency matters, go back to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/£sd#Writing_conventions_and_pr..., where you had three items, and “£2/4/6” would typically be pronounced “two pound, four and six” (or sometimes “two pounds, four shillings and sixpence”). This shows more clearly that what it’s a perfectly normal “and” like any other in English. (Also that conventions can certainly allow elision in understood contexts. I’ve never heard of “one dollars and twenty-three” for “$1.23”, but it would be consistent with the sorts of shortenings that sometimes happen.)
For more interesting currency matters, go back to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/£sd#Writing_conventions_and_pr..., where you had three items, and “£2/4/6” would typically be pronounced “two pound, four and six” (or sometimes “two pounds, four shillings and sixpence”). This shows more clearly that what it’s a perfectly normal “and” like any other in English. (Also that conventions can certainly allow elision in understood contexts. I’ve never heard of “one dollars and twenty-three” for “$1.23”, but it would be consistent with the sorts of shortenings that sometimes happen.)