[seqfan] Re: Number Names

[Charles Greathouse]

This would be a good topic for the OEIS wiki. Define what the standard
formats are for naming numbers and which sequences use which formats, then
stick to those whenever possible.

Charles Greathouse
Analyst/Programmer
Case Western Reserve University

On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 5:16 PM, Bob Selcoe <rselcoe at entouchonline.net>
wrote:

> Hi John,
>
> Thanks for the link but unfortunately that doesn't really help - there are
> too many versions for each number, some of which are really slang.
>
> If this really is an issue I think we need a standard approach to define
> the conventions, and make it easily accessible on OEIS.
>
> Perhaps Hans' approach with no "and", hyphens or spaces, and spelling out
> "thousand" when possible would work?
>
> Is there a consensus on doing this?
>
> Bob S.
>
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> From: <john.mason at lispa.it>
> Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2015 3:42 PM
> To: "Sequence Fanatics Discussion list" <seqfan at list.seqfan.eu>
> Subject: [seqfan] Re: Number Names
>
>
>> Ciao
>> This page http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/English-language_numerals gives
>> a
>> not particularily definitive naming convention and explains the difference
>> of the "and" between British and American. So if sequences are using
>> American english, this should at least be mentioned in their definitions.
>> Once this clarification is made, the finer points may be left to the
>> inhabitants of the (ex-)colonies.
>> John
>>
>> Inviato da iPad
>>
>>  Il giorno 12 Mar 2015, alle ore 20:52, "Frank Adams-Watters"
>>>
>> <franktaw at netscape.net> ha scritto:
>>
>>>
>>> I think it's more complicated than that. Many Americans do use "and",
>>>
>> although at least when I was in school we were taught to not use it. And
>> those who do use it differ as to which places they use it.
>>
>>>
>>> Franklin T. Adams-Watters
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Hans Havermann <gladhobo at teksavvy.com>
>>> To: Sequence Fanatics Discussion list <seqfan at list.seqfan.eu>
>>> Sent: Thu, Mar 12, 2015 2:11 pm
>>> Subject: [seqfan] Re: Number Names
>>>
>>>
>>> I've seen it explained that the "and" differentiates the British version
>>>
>> of
>>
>>> number names. Americans use "and" only after "thous". ;)
>>>
>>> > On Mar 12, 2015, at
>>> 2:58 PM, Sean A. Irvine <sairvin at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > Apart from presence of
>>> "and"...
>>>
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