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Pronunciation
Who says it's supposed to be pronounced "sixty-five oh two"? I'll pronounce it any way I want - its a number. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 110.174.108.101 (talk) 06:57, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
I agree that "sixty-five-oh-two" isn't the only way, most I know call it the "six-five-oh-two" so that comment should be removed from the article. But untold numbers of engineers have used just one of these two for over 35 years so a convention *has* been established. You don't pronounce it any way you want though, you adhere to pre-taught conventions to ease conversation with others so please don't demand freedom that you don't need. It's not a numerical quantity, it's used as a proper noun for this microprocessor. Try calling a 7432 logic IC a "seven--forty-three--two" in conversation and see how sharply you get stopped: everyone says "seven-four" or "seventy-four" something. The article is trying to inform typical usage, incorrectly. It should still be scrubbed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ToaneeM (talk • contribs) 09:37, 30 April 2015 (UTC)
Retracting my previous point, I don't think that the comment has to be scrubbed from the article. But I maintain the two pronunciations of "six-five-oh-two" "sixty-five-oh-two" are the two and should stay.