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Old 20th Nov 2010, 19:37
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BrATCO
 
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Green Guard,
In fact, we would say "Cent trente deux, neuf cent trente cinq" ("hundred and thirty-two, nine hundred and eighty-five") just because that's the way we speak "at home".
"Un trois deux, neuf huit cinq" (one tree two, nine eight five) sounds weird. But we may have to use it with frequencies like 130.235, which can be heard 132.135 in French.

English pilots do the same : they often forget they have to speak English phraseology, which is a bit different from English language.

"2" has to be pronounced "too"
"3" has to be pronounced "tree"
"5" has to be pronounced "fife"...

I often hear readbacks sounding like "One thee thee thee thee five" for 133.225 (or was that 122.225, or maybe 133.335, or...) with a perfect English accent...
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