Sunday, April 19, 2026

[esowrowp] speaking leading zeroes

zeroty ten twenty thirty forty fifty sixty seventy eighty ninety

0 zero
1 one
00 zeroty
01 zeroty one
000 zero hundred
001 zero hundred one
0000 zero thousand
0001 zero thousand one
00000 zeroty thousand
00001 zeroty thousand one
01000 zeroty one thousand
000000 zero hundred thousand

or "ohty" instead of zeroty to avoid similarity between zero and zeroty?  but ohty sounds similar to eighty.

or "aughty"?  also sounds similar to eighty.

or "noughty"?  context probably distinguishes it from naughty.

"nohty" ("notey")?

typically digit strings that are not numbers should be read as digit strings, but place value indicators inserted into the string serve as useful signposts.  in this case, also consider speaking internal zeroes: 

000000 zero hundred zeroty zero thousand, zero hundred zeroty zero
20 twenty zero

zip codes

10 "ten" remains irregular.  though could we do something like 10 one-ty zero, 20 two-ty zero (future post knlwtvtb).

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