why dont people pronounce '1000' as 'ten-hundred'....

Why isn't one hundred: ten tens? Because we need to make it as simple as possible. Do you really want to say "ten hundred forty three"?immortality20

errr.....maybe...  

Why do we call apples "apples" and not "kwyjibos"?

Why do we call apples "apples" and not "kwyjibos"?

 

Avitu666

You call them apples?  :P

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Why do we call apples "apples" and not "kwyjibos"?

 

sonicare

You call them apples? :P

of course, considering the description of a Kwyjibo is:

kwyjibo \kwee-jee-bo\ n. 1 : a bald, overweight, North American ape of below average intelligence.

Who says there's no science in the simpsons? :p

Because saying 100000000 as "one hundred hundred hundred hundred" would just be stupid. 

It is a bit odd, because you hear things like 2600 as "twenty-six hundred" sometimes.Articuno76

That's because it takes less time to say twenty-six hundred than two thousand six hundred. The same is not true for 1000; ten hundred is not faster than a thousand.

It is a bit odd, because you hear things like 2600 as "twenty-six hundred" sometimes.Articuno76

I mainly hear that from old people and American TV shows; I've always been taught "two thousand six hundred" or "one thousand five hundred" for example. And it takes about 0.5 seconds longer for me to register the value of "twenty six hundred" compared to the alternative pronunciation.

ten
oneteen
twoteen
threeteen
fourteen (opps that works)

It sounds awkward AND funny...
Change 1000 to 1,000,000...Let's see, "ten thousand hundred"? :lol: