# There Are Better Ways To Count - An Easy Vocab Change to Help Our Kids

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-better-ways-to-count-an-easy-vocab-change-to-help-our-kids/843996>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [November 26, 2019, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-better-ways-to-count-an-easy-vocab-change-to-help-our-kids/843996 "2019-11-26T02:39:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-better-ways-to-count-an-easy-vocab-change-to-help-our-kids/843996/61 "2019-12-09T01:28:26Z")

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> [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](#):
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> And finally, how does your system handle decimals? 3.1415 becomes what?

Why would it change? “Three point one four one five.”

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