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cafram - in the states. Started conversation Sep 6, 1999
Right - is it 'One Forty-tooth' or 'One Forty-Second'?! 
This or that?
HyperFlux Posted Sep 6, 1999
For what purpose? If you're talking about fractions (which I assume you are), I think it's a forty-second. However, if you want to talk about a shark at the time, it *could* be a forty-tooth. If you really wanted it to be.
- Cambium
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DelphicOracle Posted Sep 6, 1999
Boringly, I think it's "one forty-second part", and the "part" part is obligatory. One good reason for not talking about maths too often.
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DelphicOracle Posted Mar 16, 2000
(thinks hard) One over forty-two is forty-three, isn't it?
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E'dalethni II Posted Mar 29, 2000
Maybe you guys should stick to decimals...
0.023809523809523809523809523809523809523809523809523809523809523809523809523809523809523809523...
Oh, nevermind.
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