• Ephera@lemmy.mlEnglish
    6·
    2 days ago

    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”… 🫠

    • boonhet@lemmy.zipEnglish
      3·
      2 days 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

    • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
      31·
      2 days 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.”