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cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world/p/2500128/banana-for-scale

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[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Hmm, didn't think of that, but is there no simpler way to say that than "and a half"?

Here in German, "...und ein halb" is also technically correct, but everyone just says "...ein halb" and in my regional dialect that further deteriorates to "...a-halb".

I guess, "point five" is sufficiently short that you might just go for that, though. In German, it's one syllable more with "Komma Fünf"... 🫠

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[–] boonhet@lemmy.zip 3 points 19 hours ago

In Estonian we don't have articles AND we usually skip the and in informal spoken language. We just say "27 half" (27 pool) for 27.5

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[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 2 points 23 hours ago

"and half" makes sense. I don't recall hearing people say that here (East coast US, somewhat southern), but I could see them swallow the "a" and say something like "and'a half." Still, I almost always see fractions written with decimals, so people just say "point x."

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