2018-04-26 Pronunciation: bigger numbers

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Additional Initialisms:
FYI = for your information
ASAP = as soon as possible (sometimes pronounced as a word)
brb = be right back
lol = laughing out loud
SO = significant other (boyfriend, girlfriend, fiance(e), spouse)
omg = oh my God
SOS - Originally, no direct meaning. Sometimes interpreted as “save our ship”
(OK = all correct, misspelled)
smh = shaking my head
tbh = to be honest
imo = in my opinion (imho = in my humble opinion)
GDP = gross domestic product
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Bigger numbers:
100 = a hundred / one hundred
101 = one hundred (and) one
1000 = a/one thousand
1234 = one thousand two hundred thirty-four
	OR: twelve hundred thirty-four
24x100 = 2400 = twenty-four hundred (This is a very common way to talk about numbers less than 10,000, especially when they end with 00.)
12,345 = twelve thousand, three hundred forty-five (12.345 = twelve point three four five)
100,000 = a/one hundred thousand
123,456 = one hundred twenty-three thousand, four hundred fifty-six
102,003 = one hundred (and) two thousand, (and) three
1,000,000 = one million
1,000,000,000 = one billion
1,000,000,000,000 = one trillion
1,000,000,000,000,000 = quadrillion
1,000,000,000,000,000,000 = quintillion
1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 = sextillion
1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 = septillion
1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 = octillion
1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 = nonillion
1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 = decillion
10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 = one googol (100 zeros)
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Handout Task 2 - Ask your partner full-sentence questions to find the missing information.
These very small countries are city-states.
“How far is it (from here) to Shanghai?”