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[–] 12 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (4 children)

You say 24½°C, if you really need to be that accurate, but I've never seen anyone care about that precision in normal conversation, so we just say whole centigrade numbers...

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago (3 children)

    "... and a half" is so much worse than "... point five."

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  • [–] 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    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"... 🫠

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks 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."

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