[mtbopfuyn]

Huh? In the 60's and 70's we said "and".

[calex59]

Nope, sorry, and used to be taught NOT to be said with numbers except in conjunction with a decimal point. For instance with money you can say 100 dollars and 24 cents. You are not supposed to say 100 and nine dollars for 109.00. This was true in the 60s and 70s and it is true today. The thing is the dumbing down of America has crept into every aspect of our lives and especially for journalist, they have to be kept ignorant or they would suddenly be aware they are all full of sh**.

[Condor51]

***Huh? In the 60's and 70's we said "and".***

Not during the 50's and 60's - at least in IL. Our Math teacher, oops Arithmetic teacher, would beat us (verbally and with 'a look').

One Hundred Twenty-Five
Two Thousand Three Hundred Thirty

With money you put an "and" before the cents, i.e.:

One Hundred Twenty-Five Dollars AND Thirty Cents.
and for a check:
One Hundred Twenty-Five AND 30/100 Dollars

That being said, considering we grew up on the 'Sout-West' side of Chicago, we mostly said 'Hunert' (my wife still does) and other mangleations of the Kings English like; 'over by dare'.

[ but on the 'Nort' side they were much more worse :-) ]