If anyone ever refers to the number 1500 as fifteen hundred I will personally eat their brain

It’s one thousand five hundred you linguistic lazybones

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MartinII · 70-79, M

Nonsense. Either description is correct and entirely acceptable.

Mildreadful · F

@MartinII your standards are too low

MartinII · 70-79, M

@Mildreadful No, I’m afraid my knowledge of the English language seems to be better than yours. No offence intended.

Mildreadful · F

@MartinII shhh I demand [i]perfection[/i] rather than [i]acceptability[/i]

MartinII · 70-79, M

@Mildreadful Well I’m in favour of that, but I don’t think it applies in this case. Perhaps you would explain why you think one thousand five hundred is preferable to fifteen hundred.