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Prononsiation of numbers in English I've been listening audiofile and had to answer on questions based on this audio. The bulk of my answers were right except those ones where the numbers were involved. Later I try showing you sounds by means of letters: 1. First of all. Number 9 (nine). A woman who had spoken in this audio spoke quite clear and pleasantly. But she pronounced "nine" like "noyn". I was relistening this episode again and again and couldn't recognize this number to be certainly sure (of course I checked the transcript later, but nonetheless) 2. Second, about nulls. When I deal with such numbers as 0.75 or simple 0 I expect people to say either "null" or "ou". But here was something like "Not" - "Not point seventy-five". What is that? Why? ))) And it wasn't any kind of a fancy accent. All other words were spoken in clear British English or near. 3. And the last one. 1983. We have "nineteen eighty-three" but is so much close to "nineteen ninety-three" because of the last letter N in "nineteeN". Though I've been listening it again right now while writing this text and I can say that after one day passed I hear 1983 more distinctly. Well. I don't complain. Just wonder. More practice is needed ))) As usual )))

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thank you, Laurence!
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The title should be "Pronunciation of numbers in English"
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nulls: the word being said is "nought" and sounds like "nort". means zero, nil, etc

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