I am confused about reading English numbers.?

Question

I am at a loss at reading English numbers. e.g. telephone number, room number, bus number, house number, seat number...... Are they only sequence of reading individual digit or a combination of some pairs ? for example, room number 123 ( one twenty three may be conventional way, but i also hear one two three or one hundred twenty three). Please let me know the most conventional way. Please give as many examples as possible because we try to parse numbers in non-standard text for converting text into standard English pronunciation. In other words, how to read English number. Thank you very much in advance.

More specificly, how to read below:
They are all telephone numbers but in different format:

1-210-727-5320

1-212-876-5000

947-3333

8307-0056

63623791909 (mobile)

2006 (year)

2010 (year)

1987 (year)

Answer 1

English is mess, isn't it? Sorry!

All the examples you mention are acceptable and correct.

The most common, however, are

"Eight-three-four, two-seven-six, five-five-three-zero" as a format for telephone numbers. The commas or pauses act as the dashes in [phone]

"Room one twenty-three" for a hotel room.

Good luck!

Answer 2

FOR ESL students there is a common pronuncation problem between the following:
13 and 30
14 and 40
15 and 50
16 and 60
17 and 70
18 and 80
19 and 90

For sake of clarification when giving room numbers I would use the one two three for 123 method especially if above numbers are used. For 3 numbers, it does not matter which method. This is really not so picky nor is it a specefic rule to follow. Just individual preference.

Bus numbers dont matter either (no convention) For the above numbers take cauthon or you could create confusion. For 2 digit numbers I usually say it is a complete number Ie bus forty four. But for 3 digit numbers bud nine two three.

room numbers dont really matter. usually a hotel will say thirteen 22 for room 1322 because it is on the 13 floor.

Seat number 32B (seat thirty two B) Usually said in whole numbers.

telephone numbers are grouped by the 1 then 3 digits, 3 digits, 4 digits. All said in single digits. But there is some variation in the way the last 4 digits are said it it will make rhyme or easy to remember. 467-1111 (four six seven eleven eleven) Notice how eleven rhymes with seven.

Unfortunately there is not really some convention.
I think when listening to foreigners speak English the way they say the telehone number is most confusing. US people are used to 1 (group of 3 numbers) pause (group of 3 numbers) pause (last 4 numbers) all numbers con be said this way. giving too many numbers at at time is too hard to remember.

Answer 3

I think the pronunciation comes from where you see the number. If you seen 123 as a price tag you would say one hundred twenty three. For a room number you would say one twenty three. For a phone number you would say one twenty three. If you need any more help feel free to instant message me at lx_Resey.Love_xl

Answer 4

I've found that reading numbers as pairs or triplets allows me to remember them more easily. As an example, if I hear somebody give me a phone numbers as single digits, I have seven numbers to remember, but if they give it as a three digit group, then as two larger numbers it's easier.
i.e. seven-four-three-two-three-one-five against seven-forty three-twenty-three fifteen . The first phrase has seven numbers, the second has four numbers, that equal a seven digit phone number. 7-4-3-2-3-1-5 or 7-43-23-15. (but I'd not go so far as to say seven hundred-forty three, too many syllables)

Answer 5

Depends on how you are using them , with house numbers, room numbers, appartment numbers, addresses 123 would be one , two three or one twenty three, if it was money or you were counting something, it would be one hundred twenty three. Hope I didn't confuse you more....

Answer 6

do this, that's strong! a baby also learns to variety the languages at distinct activities. it ought to correctly be complicated on the very starting up (in the previous a million three hundred and sixty 5 days previous). do exactly not blend the languages, talk in ordinary words English and then in ordinary words Spanish, once you come to that aspect. And clarify those are 2 distinct languages: one from a mom and one from a father (it became effective with my son).

Answer 7

When reading a room number you say, for example; either :

"The meeting is in room 103 ." ( you say : one, o, three OR (one hundred and three).

When reading a number such as 1203 in maths. you will say "One thousand, two hundred and three"

When reading telephone number such as 419-8765 you will say : my number is : 419-8765. (say the numbers individually 419 -quick pause - 8765)

Hope this helps a bit.