How would you pronounce 1170 CC? by TheDigitalAlchemist
Started on : 07-21-2016 04:43 PM
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Last post by : Stubby79 on 07-23-2016 08:35 AM
Jul 21st, 2016
TheDigitalAlchemist Member Posts: 12772 From: Long Island, NY Registered: Jan 2012
eleven-seventy cc? eleven hundred and seventy? 1 thousand, one hundred seventy cc? Something else?
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Marvin McInnis Member Posts: 11599 From: ~ Kansas City, USA Registered: Apr 2002
It depends on context:
eleven-seventy cc (preferred if talking about motorcycles)
one point two liters (preferred if talking about cars)
one point one seven liters (used if feeling especially picky)
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04:51 PM
Hudini Member Posts: 9030 From: Tennessee Registered: Feb 2006
It depends on your audience and the subject. If it was medicine then it must be precise so you spell it out one thousand one hundred seventy cc's. If it was an engine size then eleven seventy cc's is fine. Also depends on if your audience is a native English speaker.
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04:52 PM
TheDigitalAlchemist Member Posts: 12772 From: Long Island, NY Registered: Jan 2012
Thanks guys!
04:54 PM
Formula88 Member Posts: 53788 From: Raleigh NC Registered: Jan 2001
quote Originally posted by TheDigitalAlchemist: eleven-seventy cc? eleven hundred and seventy? 1 thousand, one hundred seventy cc? Something else?
One point seventeen liters.
08:25 PM
maryjane Member Posts: 70126 From: Copperas Cove Texas Registered: Apr 2001
The old school way:
seventy one point four cubic inches
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08:54 PM
Boondawg Member Posts: 38235 From: Displaced Alaskan Registered: Jun 2003
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quote Originally posted by TheDigitalAlchemist: How would you pronounce 1170 CC?
I just add an 's.
1170 CC's.
09:03 PM
Stubby79 Member Posts: 7064 From: GFY county, FY. Registered: Aug 2008
Slurred, if it's booze I drank.
09:39 PM
ls3mach Member Posts: 11610 From: Registered: Mar 2002
onety-one seventy.
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Jul 22nd, 2016
2.5 Member Posts: 43235 From: Southern MN Registered: May 2007
eleven-seventy cc
I only thought about motorcycles...or volkswagons.
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E.Furgal Member Posts: 11708 From: LAND OF CONFUSION Registered: Mar 2012
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quote Originally posted by TheDigitalAlchemist: eleven-seventy cc? eleven hundred and seventy? 1 thousand, one hundred seventy cc? Something else?
71.40 c.i.d.
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PK Member Posts: 1249 From: Oxford, England Registered: Sep 2001
The third option.
09:50 AM
avengador1 Member Posts: 35468 From: Orlando, Florida Registered: Oct 2001
Mil Cien Setenta Centimetros Cubicos.
03:52 PM
Jonesy Member Posts: 4694 From: Bama Registered: Oct 2009
go with "Elevendy seventy"... Simply because its fun to say.
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Fiero 88 Member Posts: 705 From: Mason City, IA Registered: Apr 2002
0.31 gallons.
04:17 PM
williegoat Member Posts: 20783 From: Glendale, AZ Registered: Mar 2009
Jul 23rd, 2016
Stubby79 Member Posts: 7064 From: GFY county, FY. Registered: Aug 2008
08:35 AM