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DV four hyphen one thousand
Good morning Shi. That will be clearly understood.
Take care. Bill.
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| #3 (permalink) Fri Apr 10, 2009 10:16 am How to read a model name has a hyphen in it? |
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Good morning Bill. Thanks for helping me out again. :)
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| #4 (permalink) Fri Apr 10, 2009 11:19 am How to read a model name has a hyphen in it? |
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Always a pleasure Shi.
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| #5 (permalink) Sat Apr 11, 2009 2:47 am How to read a model name has a hyphen in it? |
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| Kitosdad wrote: |
DV four hyphen one thousand
Good morning Shi. That will be clearly understood. |
I've don't believe I've ever heard anybody actually use the word 'hyphen' in such a case. It sounds unnatural or at best an overly dramatic attempt to be robotic.
Often, unless it's particularly necessary for clarification, it's not even mentioned, just read as is. "The DV4 one thousand."
If the mark is mentioned at all, I think it's far more common to hear it called a 'dash', as in "The DV4 dash 1000."
Technically, you should be using a dash anyway (a specific width of dash called an figure dash) when separating numbers, instead of a hyphen, but that's rather a fine stylistic distinction.
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| #6 (permalink) Sat Apr 11, 2009 3:17 am How to read a model name has a hyphen in it? |
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Thank you very much, Skrej. :)
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| #7 (permalink) Sat Apr 11, 2009 4:33 am How to read a model name has a hyphen in it? |
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| Skrej wrote: |
Often, unless it's particularly necessary for clarification, it's not even mentioned, just read as is. "The DV4 one thousand."
If the mark is mentioned at all, I think it's far more common to hear it called a 'dash', as in "The DV4 dash 1000." |
I agree. The conversation would often go something like this,
"I want to buy a KDL55XBR8."
"Hrm, that's odd; I can't find that model number."
"Oh, well, the exact model is KDL (dash) 55XBR8."
"Oh! Here it is.... The price is $4675."
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| #8 (permalink) Sat Apr 11, 2009 4:59 am How to read a model name has a hyphen in it? |
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Good morning Skrej, I hear it being used quite often. A dash is more readily understood in this context than say, slash. Hyphen is a dash in my opinion.
Hope you are keeping well.
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