How do you pronounce 87V (as in the Fluke DMM)? - Page 1
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author: Rasterist
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: September 03, 2020, 04:44:10 am
content: "Eighty-seven five" or "eighty-seven vee?"

author: Fungus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 03, 2020, 06:24:58 am
content: The forum has a "poll" feature for questions like this.

author: ResistorRob
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: September 03, 2020, 07:53:08 am
content: I've always heard it pronounced eighty seven vee.I don't think you need a poll for this, as I'm pretty confident that is the most common way people pronounce it.

author: Fungus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 03, 2020, 08:34:26 am
content: Quote from: ResistorRob on September 03, 2020, 07:53:08 amNot Dave:https://youtu.be/-13Q-UsXKQM?t=29

author: MiroS
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: September 03, 2020, 09:12:39 am
content: Quote from: Rasterist on September 03, 2020, 04:44:10 amThis is the only one and ultimate answer- from Fluke side:

author: Fungus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 03, 2020, 09:29:19 am
content: When the 'V' is written as shown in the image then it's a number, not a letter.Would the Fluke 87III have been an "Eighty seven Eye Eye Eye"?

author: coromonadalix
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 03, 2020, 10:15:07 am
content: eighty seven serie 5 "five"eighty seven fifth edition ??the last characters are roman digitsIII for 3V for 5IV for 4https://www.britannica.com/topic/Roman-numeral

author: Caliaxy
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 03, 2020, 10:30:27 am
content: Quote from: Rasterist on September 03, 2020, 04:44:10 am“Eighty-seven the fifth”?

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 03, 2020, 10:38:31 am
content: FiveThe V is roman numerals so it's a number not a letter.

author: Rasterist
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: September 03, 2020, 01:27:11 pm
content: Quote from: Fungus on September 03, 2020, 06:24:58 amI assumed as much but couldn’t find it in a cursory inspection when creating the post. In any event, I’m more interested in the right answer than the most popular.

author: Caliaxy
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 03, 2020, 01:46:32 pm
content: I believe the correct, unabridged pronunciation is “His majesty, king Fluke 87 the fifth”. Other meters might disagree.

author: drussell
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 03, 2020, 02:27:25 pm
content: "Eighty Seven Five" would be the correct spoken shorthand for the model 87, revision/version 5.

author: tooki
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 03, 2020, 03:55:07 pm
content: Quote from: ResistorRob on September 03, 2020, 07:53:08 amQuite misplaced confidence, clearly! I’ve never heard anyone call it “eighty seven vee”, and this thread (and Fluke’s video) support “eighty seven five” being the common, and proper, way.

author: coromonadalix
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 03, 2020, 05:06:00 pm
content: eighty seven of five loll must be a relative of seven of nine (borg)

author: Fungus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 03, 2020, 05:17:14 pm
content: Quote from: ResistorRob on September 03, 2020, 07:53:08 amLet's hope we've nipped that one in the bud.(I always wonder what the foreign readers think of expressions like that ... should I use them?)

author: ElektroQuark
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 03, 2020, 07:28:37 pm
content: 87 MK V