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Originally Posted by Clodfobble
Anything hard to pronounce gets weeded out of language like a bad evolutionary mutation.
I once did narration on an educational program with fractions, and was told to stop clearly pronouncing the words because the kids wouldn't understand.
So it was "sikss" for "sixths," "fiths" for "fifths," etc.
"Fourths" was already replaced everywhere with "quarters," which I found oddly infuriating.
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I don't think that I have ever seen or heard 'fourths' used instead of quarters, on this side of the Atlantic, although it has the merit of consistency.
Just my 25c worth.