A not-really-maths question

[pez]

1 is "one".
1/2 is "a half".
1/4 is "a/one fourth" or "a quarter".
1/8 is "an eighth".
1/16 is "a sixteenth".

[Poll #1399349]

Comments

[potter.livejournal.com]

I've heard people say "one over thirty two" and would probably go with that...

[elyndys.livejournal.com]

I still like a thirty-twoth, even though I didn't vote for it. XD

[crystalusagi.livejournal.com]

Thirty-twoth amuses me.

[muzivitch.livejournal.com]

I use one-thirty-second. :D

[thirdshade.livejournal.com]

In English, I have no idea. In Portuguese we have a speficic term for it that would loosely translate to "one and 32 parts".

[jetsam]

Probably thirty-secondth, technically, but more realistically, a thirty-second as pronouncing the 'dth' isn't the easiest. This is still just guessing.

[yuki-scorpio.livejournal.com]

If I really had to say it I would probably end up saying "one over thirty two", but yeah...

Once again, I am reminded of being asked how "parallelogram" is spelt in Maths Challenge...

(The "dth" isn't a sound I like either, but things with "ths" is much worse for me. "Smiths", "Woolworths"... DX)

[selarne]

The world explodes.

(Though, actually, I think I use "one thiry-second". Hm.)