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English Audio Request

kiki
172 Words / 4 Recordings / 8 Comments
Note to recorder:

First, natural speed. Second time, pretend you are counting something as quickly as possible in your head, please. Thanks!

-10, -9, -8, -7, -6, -5, -4, -3, -2, -1,
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19,
20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29,
30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39,
40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49,
50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59,
60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69,
70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79,
80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89,
90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99,
100

13, 30
14, 40
15, 50
16, 60
17, 70
18, 80
19, 90

$13 $30
$14 $40
$15 $50
$16 $60
$17 $70
$18 $80
$19 $90
$100

1313 B.C.
1330 B.C.
3013 B.C.
3030 B.C.

-2 - (-3) = 1
-2 + (-3) = -5

2 × 4 + 5 = 13
2 × (4 + 5) = 18

Recordings

Comments

FancoverFive
June 20, 2010

In English, the natural grouping of numbers is:

0,
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,

and so on. At least it is for me.

BobbySmith
June 21, 2010

I believe that it is supposed to be 'negative' 2, not necessarily 'minus' 2. I have never heard of it that way, but it sounds funny when it is pronounced 'minus two minus minus three'. Just a thought.

kiki
June 21, 2010

Thank you!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minus#Minus_sign

Wikipedia says:
When precision is important, −5 is pronounced "negative five" rather than "minus five"; "minus" is more common for English speakers born before 1950 and is still popular in some contexts, but "negative" is usually taught as the only correct reading.

Thanks BobbySmith.
I completely understand it. It seems I should pronounce it "negative five."
In Japan, we call it "minus five (マイナス5 mainasu go)" though, by the way.

FancoverFive - Actually I used to group it that way.
But after learning the binary system, my thought changed.

0, 1,
10, 11,
100, 101, 110, 111,

and so on. Anyway, I think you're right. It's natural for me too. So from now on, I'll write it that way.

Again,
Thanks a lot for your great recordings! They helps a ton. You know, I wanted to know how it sounds when you're counting extremely quickly, and to know the sound's difference between ___teen and ___ty.

nivekmai
June 22, 2010

In these equations aren't you supposed to say "open parenthesis"/"close parenthesis" in order to avoid confusion?

e.g. "Two times four plus five equals thirteen" vs. "Two times, open parenthesis, four plus five, close parenthesis, equals eighteen"

Eggcluck
Feb. 26, 2011

I do not know who wrote that article but in English school "minus" is still taught and this extends to university level.

To say someone is wrong because it is not done the way you think it shoud be done or is different to where you come from is plain absurd.

Thomas
March 19, 2011

For me, it is completely natural to say it both ways: negative one, negative two, ... or minus one, minus two...

even speaking as fast as possible they both seem natural.

However, reading the math equations, "negative" is the more natural way to say it for me. This likely varies by region. For the record, I'm from Texas in America.

You probably don't need another recording for this, but it looks fun to read so I'm going to record it anyway :)

FancoverFive
March 21, 2011

For me, anyone saying "negative two" is definitely not English: in English it's most certainly taught as "minus two".

pockethook
Dec. 25, 2014

I don't think I've met anyone that says 'negative seven', everyone I've spoken with says 'minus seven'. If a number is less than zero then I'd say it's negative.

I'm from London so it could be an Americanism http://mathoverflow.net/questions/24674/negative-vs-minus

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