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interviewer asked a question what is the total area of Pakistan.


i replied seven lakh, ninety six thousand and ninety six square kilometer (796096 or 796095 is exact area of Pak in sq km) but the interview said what the HELL is this, use proper words. can some1 guide me what are the exact words for this figure in english?
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These are proper words.
Now this word "Lakh is included in Dic.


Though it is specific in sub continent.

To me its ok.
Whoever ridicules this word, is enslaved by the foreign dominataion
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Lakh = Lac
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What I can figure out from this is that interviewer might have pinpointed your linguistic discrepancy.

'Lakh' is not a pure English word. Its a word from our local dialects. In English language, the equivalent of 'Lakh' is 'Lac' pronounced as 'Lake'. The quantitative value remains same i.e 100,000 (One hundred thousands).
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seve n hundred ninty six thousand a nd ninty five km
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Try saying 0.796 Million Sq Km next time.
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Talking in terms of million/millions sound better in a situation when figure is at leas one million. Speaking in terms of million for a figure less than one million sounds out of the fashion. Yes, when you are writing a report, or any statistical document which is uniformly based on some set rules and million is a norm in that report than you can say even Rs.0.001 million because it is the standard practice in such report.

Generally, leaving aside standard reports, figure less than one million is narrated in its original full form i.e. Rs.100,000 (One Lac (pronounced as Rupees one lake or Rupees hundred thousand).
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Talking in terms of million/millions sound better in a situation when figure is at leas one million. Speaking in terms of million for a figure less than one million sounds out of the fashion. Yes, when you are writing a report, or any statistical document which is uniformly based on some set rules and million is a norm in that report than you can say even Rs.0.001 million because it is the standard practice in such report.

Generally, leaving aside standard reports, figure less than one million is narrated in its original full form i.e. Rs.100,000 (One Lac (pronounced as Rupees one lake or Rupees hundred thousand).
Apparently the interviewer didn't want the guy to use Lac. For some reason, he wanted him to follow the international standards. You're absolutely right about the "less than Million" thing being out of fashion & I think in that case he should have just said Seven hundred Ninety Six Thousand & Ninety Five Sq Km.
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interviewer asked a question what is the total area of Pakistan.


i replied seven lakh, ninety six thousand and ninety six square kilometer (796096 or 796095 is exact area of Pak in sq km) but the interview said what the HELL is this, use proper words. can some1 guide me what are the exact words for this figure in english?
Dear i gues der is no need to say dis figure in words at all or use words like lakh lac hundred thousand or million or anything if u r sure abt da exact figure simply read this figure in numeric form like u read other numbers as 796096 sq km( seven nine six zero nine six sq km) bt if u dun knw abt da exact figure den u can go for such terminologies
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