# How do you usually say this number: 1,200? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 28, 2026, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-say-this-number-1-200/1029621 "2026-04-28T13:52:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-say-this-number-1-200/1029621/1 "2026-04-28T13:52:29Z")
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**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-say-this-number-1-200/1029621/2 "2026-04-28T14:02:27Z")
“Twelve thousand … no, dammit, I mean twelve HUNDRED.” Gets me every time. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-say-this-number-1-200/1029621/3 "2026-04-28T14:13:10Z")
It depends. In running track, distances up to 2000 meters are typically in hundreds of meters (200, 400,800,1500, etc) after that, it’s thousands( 3,000 ,5,000) Road races are almost always in “Ks”(5K,10K) while track distances are almost always thousands though 5K or 10K on the track is used. For money or road driving I’ll always use thousands, hundreds. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-say-this-number-1-200/1029621/4 "2026-04-28T14:34:22Z")
I’m going to start saying “a hundred dozen” just to be contrary. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-say-this-number-1-200/1029621/5 "2026-04-28T14:48:17Z")
Twelve hunnert ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-say-this-number-1-200/1029621/6 "2026-04-28T15:59:47Z")
“Sixty score”. Usually “twelve hundred” I think, but in some contexts I might say “one thousand two hundred”. ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-say-this-number-1-200/1029621/7 "2026-04-28T16:03:40Z")
Why “twelve hundred” and not “hundred-twenty ten”? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-say-this-number-1-200/1029621/8 "2026-04-28T16:05:13Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > I’m going to start saying “a hundred dozen” just to be contrary. I was going to say a hundred dozen to be contrary. But now that you’re saying it, I need to start using a new term to maintain my contrariness. “A duzzy double eggs” it is. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-say-this-number-1-200/1029621/9 "2026-04-28T16:05:19Z")
No option for “I don’t say this number”? mmm ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-say-this-number-1-200/1029621/10 "2026-04-28T16:07:58Z")
Depends on the context, but most likely “twelve hundred”. 'Four bee zero" for the truly computer inclined. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-say-this-number-1-200/1029621/11 "2026-04-28T16:08:09Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > No option for “I don’t say this number”? If you don’t talk to your children about numbers, they’ll learn about math from some kid on the streets. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-say-this-number-1-200/1029621/12 "2026-04-28T17:05:10Z")
And 1200 is a gateway number. 🤪 ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-say-this-number-1-200/1029621/13 "2026-04-28T17:20:33Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > Depends on the context This. Given no context indicating one or the other, I might say it either way. ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-say-this-number-1-200/1029621/14 "2026-04-28T17:23:08Z")
If I’m talking to Air Traffic Control I’m supposed to say it as, “One thousand, two hundred.”. Outside of an airplane I’m more likely to say, “Twelve hundred.” ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-say-this-number-1-200/1029621/15 "2026-04-28T17:23:51Z")
Another vote for twelve hundred. ---
**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-say-this-number-1-200/1029621/16 "2026-04-28T17:58:57Z")
You want contrary? Ichi-sen, ni-hyaku. Truthfully, though, I also would say ‘it depends on context’, but most of the time I’d say twelve hundred. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-say-this-number-1-200/1029621/17 "2026-04-28T18:26:35Z")
[Case in point.](https://www.cartoonstock.com/cartoon?searchID=CX41854) ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-say-this-number-1-200/1029621/18 "2026-04-28T18:32:52Z")
A thousand, two hundred. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-say-this-number-1-200/1029621/19 "2026-04-28T18:49:56Z")
Depending on which language I am speaking it could be either: eins komma zwei or uno coma dos. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-say-this-number-1-200/1029621/20 "2026-04-28T19:49:22Z")
When I was in the Navy, assigned to a ship, it was “One two hundred”. Other than that it’s “twelve hundred”. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-say-this-number-1-200/1029621.md?page=2)