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Offline Miss Demeanour

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Pronouncing bus numbers
« on: January 28, 2013, 09:42:40 AM »
Is it just in London like or does it happen elsewhere ?

If a bus has a one or two digit number you pronounce the whole thing ...like eleven  or fifty seven.

However if it is a three digit bus number it is broken down into it's component parts .....like the 1 - 5 - 9 ....never the hundred and fifty nine ?

For why ?  rubschin:
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Re: Pronouncing bus numbers
« Reply #1 on: January 28, 2013, 09:48:56 AM »
Bingo calling rules obviously.  ::)
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Re: Pronouncing bus numbers
« Reply #2 on: January 28, 2013, 09:56:17 AM »
Dunno Miss D but I do remember we used to catch the N13 (Night Bus) from Trafalgar Square to North Finchley after we had been to the South Bank for a concert.

Woodstock has an encyclopedic knowledge of North London Bus routes ...... but she cannot give directions if I elect to drive into town. Comes from years of catching buses I suppose.
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Re: Pronouncing bus numbers
« Reply #3 on: January 28, 2013, 09:56:51 AM »
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Werds of one syliable is easier to pronounce and clearer that's why.

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Re: Pronouncing bus numbers
« Reply #4 on: January 28, 2013, 09:59:00 AM »
Quote from: GROWLER on January 28, 2013, 09:56:51 AM
Shrugs:

Werds of one syliable is easier to pronounce and clearer that's why.

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But there are more syllables in fifty seven than five seven....
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Re: Pronouncing bus numbers
« Reply #5 on: January 28, 2013, 10:01:55 AM »
Quote from: Barman on January 28, 2013, 09:59:00 AM
Quote from: GROWLER on January 28, 2013, 09:56:51 AM
Shrugs:

Werds of one syliable is easier to pronounce and clearer that's why.

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But there are more syllables in fifty seven than five seven....

She was asking about 3 digit numbers cockrot. ::)
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Re: Pronouncing bus numbers
« Reply #6 on: January 28, 2013, 10:03:54 AM »
Quote from: GROWLER on January 28, 2013, 10:01:55 AM
Quote from: Barman on January 28, 2013, 09:59:00 AM
Quote from: GROWLER on January 28, 2013, 09:56:51 AM
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Werds of one syliable is easier to pronounce and clearer that's why.

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But there are more syllables in fifty seven than five seven....

She was asking about 3 digit numbers cockrot. ::)

Yes I realise that... ::)

But the fact that we say fifty-seven and not five-seven is exactly the point the OP was making - and destroys your theory.....
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Re: Pronouncing bus numbers
« Reply #7 on: January 28, 2013, 10:06:38 AM »
No no no no. FIFTY SEVEN is a damned sight easier to say in one breath than ONE HUNDRED AND, yes another werd....AND FIFTY SEVEN, in'it?
FIFTY SEVEN just comes within the standard GROWLER number pronouncing tolerances, OK? whistle:
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Re: Pronouncing bus numbers
« Reply #8 on: January 28, 2013, 10:08:00 AM »
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Re: Pronouncing bus numbers
« Reply #9 on: January 28, 2013, 10:08:24 AM »
Worra load of ole bollox this is anyway. ::)

Just stick yer paw out ffs! Banghead

Better still, geron yer bike like! :thumbsup:
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Re: Pronouncing bus numbers
« Reply #10 on: January 28, 2013, 10:17:09 AM »
Quote from: GROWLER on January 28, 2013, 10:06:38 AM
No no no no. FIFTY SEVEN is a damned sight easier to say in one breath than ONE HUNDRED AND, yes another werd....AND FIFTY SEVEN, in'it?
FIFTY SEVEN just comes within the standard GROWLER number pronouncing tolerances, OK? whistle:

No, you have lost the plot... ::)

The point the OP was making was that we DO pronounce the whole number (fifty seven) when five seven would be simpler.

Yet on big numbers we say one five seven instead of one hundred and fifty seven - which is logical.

Or have I missed the point of the OP? Shrugs:
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Re: Pronouncing bus numbers
« Reply #11 on: January 28, 2013, 10:18:37 AM »
When a bus is approaching is it correct to say you are catching THIS bus or the NEXT bus?  rubschin:
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Re: Pronouncing bus numbers
« Reply #12 on: January 28, 2013, 10:19:38 AM »
Quote from: Nick (GC First Class) on January 28, 2013, 10:18:37 AM
When a bus is approaching is it correct to say you are catching THIS bus or the NEXT bus?  rubschin:
happy001 happy001 happy001

Probably doesn't matter as they both turn up at once
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Re: Pronouncing bus numbers
« Reply #13 on: January 28, 2013, 10:21:07 AM »
It's the next bus until it's in sight then it's this bus ~ simples.
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Re: Pronouncing bus numbers
« Reply #14 on: January 28, 2013, 10:23:23 AM »
Quote from: Barman on January 28, 2013, 10:17:09 AM
Quote from: GROWLER on January 28, 2013, 10:06:38 AM
No no no no. FIFTY SEVEN is a damned sight easier to say in one breath than ONE HUNDRED AND, yes another werd....AND FIFTY SEVEN, in'it?
FIFTY SEVEN just comes within the standard GROWLER number pronouncing tolerances, OK? whistle:

No, you have lost the plot... ::)

The point the OP was making was that we DO pronounce the whole number (fifty seven) when five seven would be simpler.

Yet on big numbers we say one five seven instead of one hundred and fifty seven - which is logical.

Or have I missed the point of the OP? Shrugs:

NO NO NO NO NO! Banghead

Repeat to yerself like.

FIFTY SEVEN.
yes?

Now ...ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY SEVEN.

Fifty seven is as simple as saying a single digit number virtually in'it ey?

It's the werd AND that cocks it all up in the hundreds numbers.
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