Well. My entire association with the Atari 2600 has been to call it the twenty-six-hundred.
But I found out today at least one person calls it the "two thousand six hundred".
So, mmh. The latter sounds just... wrong. It's the "twenty six hundred"... right?
Cheers
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2600 ... or 2600?
Started by Andrew Davie, Dec 31 2011 2:23 AM
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Posted Sat Dec 31, 2011 2:27 AM
i can hear Marvin the Martian calling it that... ...then asking where the kaboom is.
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Posted Sat Dec 31, 2011 2:37 AM
People who say "two thousand six hundred" must be so lazy that they never even bothered to watch one Atari 2600 commercial:
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Posted Sat Dec 31, 2011 2:55 AM
I never heard anyone called it 2 thousand 6 hundred.. I always assumed if it doesn't have a comma in the number just call it hundred instead of thousand.
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Posted Sat Dec 31, 2011 3:23 AM
Maybe they're trolling.. 
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Posted Sat Dec 31, 2011 8:01 AM
"The fun is back, oh, yesiree
The two thousand six hundred from A-tar-i"
Nah, doesn't work.
The two thousand six hundred from A-tar-i"
Nah, doesn't work.
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Posted Sat Dec 31, 2011 8:16 AM
Maybe it's the two-sixty-zero!
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Posted Sat Dec 31, 2011 10:39 AM
The two six double-oh!
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Posted Sat Dec 31, 2011 10:48 AM
Since there is no "26 100" in German language it was always the 2 1000 6 100 for me.
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Posted Sat Dec 31, 2011 1:01 PM
two-ten-six-hundred.
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Posted Sat Dec 31, 2011 1:53 PM
You mean it's not "two six naught naught?" 
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Posted Sat Dec 31, 2011 5:07 PM
It's the VCS.
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Posted Sat Dec 31, 2011 8:14 PM
I have always called it the "Two six hundred"
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Posted Sat Dec 31, 2011 8:39 PM
Everyone knows it's just an Atari, and it needs tapes to work.
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Posted Sat Dec 31, 2011 9:57 PM
Wow one of those ads had 5 BUCKS for an Atari 2600 game... man I was born too late. >_>
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Posted Sat Dec 31, 2011 9:58 PM
I call it a 101000101000 .
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Posted Sun Jan 1, 2012 1:06 AM
I've always called it one-hunnerd-thirty-score; I'm surprised you all haven't been.
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Posted Thu Jan 5, 2012 8:27 PM
Regarding the VCS: I have never seen a comma between the 2 and 6. It's not a dollar figure.
"Twenty Six Hundred" is the way to pronounce it.
Cheers!
"Twenty Six Hundred" is the way to pronounce it.
Cheers!
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Posted Thu Jan 5, 2012 9:06 PM
Just about everybody I've heard pronounces it "twenty-six-hundred," except for those itchy contrarians who insist on calling it "two-sixer-double-ought" or something equally awkward.
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Posted Thu Jan 5, 2012 9:31 PM
I prefer MMDC! 
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Posted Thu Jan 5, 2012 10:08 PM
Deteacher, on Thu Jan 5, 2012 9:31 PM, said:
I prefer MMDC!
Sorry, Roman numerals are only allowed to be used at the end of movies.
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Posted Fri Jan 6, 2012 4:32 PM
$A28
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Posted Fri Jan 6, 2012 4:43 PM
I call it the twenty six hundred.
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Posted Fri Jan 6, 2012 6:30 PM
Twenny Six Hundred. Everyone knows the second "t" in "twenty" is silent.
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Posted Fri Jan 6, 2012 6:36 PM
Nathan Strum, on Fri Jan 6, 2012 6:30 PM, said:
Twenny Six Hundred. Everyone knows the second "t" in "twenty" is silent.
I thought people who said 'twenny' also said 'hunnerd'? Example: "I play 'tari tapes on my 'tari twenny six hunnerd."
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