Thread: How do you say 4711?

I ordered a bunch of stuff from SRD about two weeks ago - got to that point where I had to make the decision: Pay for shipping or buy something else to get free shipping. Pretty easy decision. I bought some 4711 splash since the price fit the amount I needed and it is something I always wanted to try. Not sure if I like it yet - need to give it some time. But here is my question - How do you say it? Is it "Four-seven-one-one" or "fortyseven-eleven" or "Fourthousand sevenhundred and eleven" (which I doubt). To add to the mystery, should the numbers, no matter what the final grouping, be said in German? So, if we were discussing this in person, what would I call it?

thanks

I always thought it was four, seven, eleven.

Bob

I also read it as 'four seven eleven'...thought it could be 'forty-seven eleven'. Surely not the others though.

I "say" it forty seven eleven, since I rarely actually talk about shaving with someone else that's how I think of it

Joe, as others have noted, it's called Forty-Seven Eleven.

I agree forty seven eleven, even if that is not how it's said, it just feels right. My wife calls it twenty four seven (she can never remember what it's called, but likes it).

Originally Posted by BobH

I always thought it was four, seven, eleven.

Yep, that's what I always thought it was...

or just 13

Up here it is known as forty-seven eleven.
"sjuogførrelve"

One two three four. One two three four five six seven. One. One. In a language that me and the plum tree in the garden made up, but with the accent of a small, elderly marsupial.