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[Cebus Capucinis]

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 it was the Twenny Six Hunnerd?

[Cebus Capucinis]

Random Terrain, on Fri Jan 6, 2012 6:36 PM, said:

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."

Cebus Capucinis, on Fri Jan 6, 2012 6:36 PM, said:

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 it was the Twenny Six Hunnerd?

OH GOD HIVEMIND THE REPTILIANS ARE ATTACKING

[save2600]

I think I'd open palm slap someone in the face if I heard them call the 2600, two thousand six hundred.

[so_tough!]

Thomas Jentzsch, on Sat Dec 31, 2011 10:48 AM, said:

Since there is no "26 100" in German language it was always the 2 1000 6 100 for me.

same.

Let me explain this, if I got a high score of 1900, that would be one thousand 9 hundred. Would Americans call that nineteen hundred?

[Random Terrain]

so_tough!, on Fri Jan 6, 2012 11:31 PM, said:

Would Americans call that nineteen hundred?

They might. This stupid new forum software won't let us make a video start playing where we want, so you'll have to jump to 56 seconds yourself:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsDgF2lfb-w#t=0m56s


Upgrades are so wonderful.

[jaybird3rd]

save2600, on Fri Jan 6, 2012 6:40 PM, said:

I think I'd open palm slap someone in the face if I heard them call the 2600, two thousand six hundred.

It's too bad we can't palm-slap someone in the face over the Internet. I think it would solve a lot of problems if we could.

Cebus Capucinis, on Fri Jan 6, 2012 6:36 PM, said:

I thought it was the Twenny Six Hunnerd?

That's the way Nolan Bushnell usually pronounces it (he actually says "Twenny Six Hunderd", which is almost the same), so that must be the right way. For American southwesterners, anyway.

[Schizophretard]

It is twenty six hundred but only if it is a Junior or Vader.

[Mark T]

How about calling it the 2.6k?

[fiddlepaddle]

Mark T, on Wed Jan 11, 2012 2:27 PM, said:

How about calling it the 2.6k?

Unfortunately, that would translate to the Atari 2662.4; perhaps you meant "the 2.5390625k"?

[user42]

so_tough!, on Fri Jan 6, 2012 11:31 PM, said:

Let me explain this, if I got a high score of 1900, that would be one thousand 9 hundred. Would Americans call that nineteen hundred?

It can go either way. It is up to the person.

Interestingly, the even thousands are always called such. Example- 2000 is never called "twenty hundred" (always "two thousand") but 2100 can be "two thousand, one hundred" OR "twenty one hundred"....

[Pioneer4x4]

MMDC

[Rybags]

The Mafia call it the "Two point six G's"

[homerwannabee]

How bout the Double Thirteen Hundred? Or the Fifty One Fifty plus another Fifty? Or the Twenty Six by Ten Squared? Or the 26 Benjimens? Or the 2240 more than the 360?

[31336haxx0r]

I call it "Zweitausendsechshundert".

[Red 5]

I call it Flubby McJoystick, because when I asked its name, that's what it said.

[MagitekAngel]

I just call it the 2600.

[Pioneer4x4]

"Two Sixer Double Aught"

[Mark T]

You could also call it 26 * 100....hmm that actually sounds like some silly card game, lol.

[solidcorp]

2 x 2 x 2 x 5 x 5 x 13 ?!

[theloon]

I always heard it as the "Atari". Just like our parents called ANY video game system a "Nintendo".

[captcapcom]

I'm going to start calling my 360 ....the X-B-O-X Three hundred and Sixty!

[high voltage]

Two thousand six hundred for Europeans, twenty six hundred for USAers. Everyone I know on the UK says it's the two thousand six hundred. But then USAers say 'gotten' and my UK friends say Americans can't speak proper English anyway.

[Schizophretard]

so_tough!, on Fri Jan 6, 2012 11:31 PM, said:

Thomas Jentzsch, on Sat Dec 31, 2011 10:48 AM, said:

Since there is no "26 100" in German language it was always the 2 1000 6 100 for me.

same.

Let me explain this, if I got a high score of 1900, that would be one thousand 9 hundred. Would Americans call that nineteen hundred?

Yes. We also do that when talking about the price of a car or while giving a bid at an auction. We also do it with the national debt because it sounds smaller with hundred at the end. Another thing we do is say that the age of the universe is one hundred thirty seven million five hundred thousand hundred years old to make the universe sound younger. Seriously, for us making thousands into hundreds is to say a number faster. It is an abbreviation like you're instead of you are. It is faster to say nineteen hundred instead of one thousand nine hundred because it is two less words.

[Schizophretard]

captcapcom, on Fri Feb 3, 2012 12:53 AM, said:

I'm going to start calling my 360 ....the X-B-O-X Three hundred and Sixty!

That would make it 300.60.

[high voltage]

Germans say 19 hundert achtzig and UKers say 19 eighty. Go figure.

Edited by high voltage, Fri Feb 3, 2012 7:37 AM.