Things that Americans find odd about the UK

Fair enough . I wasn't actually suggesting that it's said that way in the US, but just giving a probable reason why we say it that way in the UK - I wasn't connecting that part of my reply to the US at all .

Ah, I thought it was a "US way vs UK way" as opposed to a general explanation.   

If I'm remember high school grammar class, the proper way of saying $299 would be two hundred ninety nine, not two hundred and ninety nine.  The and stands for a period, so the latter would actually be $200.99.  I think the hundred gets dropped as its faster, and would make it seem like less money.  That's why things cost $299 vs $300. 

If I'm remember high school grammar class, the proper way of saying $299 would be two hundred ninety nine, not two hundred and ninety nine.

In the US, yes. But it's not the correct way in the UK. I think either goes, really. It's not as if you'll be misunderstood if you say it the 'other' way. 

Honestly I've never heard numbers spoken that way in the US or Canada in my entire life, which is why I found it so odd. Maybe on the east coast but never the west coast.

If I'm remember high school grammar class, the proper way of saying $299 would be two hundred ninety nine, not two hundred and ninety nine. 

That is the American way, Brits say (and write, if they want to use words) two hundred and ninety nine.

Positive side? You finally have your own place!

Totally! That's like, one of the main positives.

In the US, yes. But it's not the correct way in the UK. I think either goes, really. It's not as if you'll be misunderstood if you say it the 'other' way.  

In everyday usage, though, many people in the US would say two hundred and ninety-nine. I would, and most of the Americans I know would.

I was paying a medical bill over the phone (I'd just moved so I didn't have a physical bill in front of me) and I could not get the girl to say "and" to indicate decimal or to use the words "dollars" and "cents" so I was freaking out because I thought she wanted $1,499* but eventually we established that I owed $14.99.

How hard is it to say "Fourteen dollars (and) ninety-nine cents"? The and is optional in that case.

* I don't remember the exact amounts

I think people generally think you will be able to figure it out based on context. I can see how that might not work with a medical bill, though.

I find it weird when some English (not all) pronounce "schedule" as shhhedule. :S

and treble for tripple

I know it isn't wrong but its old school
vb
to make or become three times as much
[from Old French, from Latin triplus threefold, triple]

I have a really hard time with phone numbers -- when someone says "double three" or "treble six" when giving me a phone number, my brain just won't process it and I end up having to ask for the number at least 3 times.  It's not weird -- just different.  But I do think it's an interesting difference, especially in light of the earlier discussion of prices being said "one seven nine" for "one hundred seventy nine." 

I have a really hard time with phone numbers -- when someone says "double three" or "treble six" when giving me a phone number, my brain just won't process it and I end up having to ask for the number at least 3 times. 

That one gets me, too.

Mine is the use of "floor" where I would say "ground".  As in, "We were out walking the dog and I tripped over a tree root and wound up on the floor."  To me, "floor" is indoor and "ground" is outdoor.

Mine is the use of "floor" where I would say "ground".  As in, "We were out walking the dog and I tripped over a tree root and wound up on the floor."  To me, "floor" is indoor and "ground" is outdoor.

Agreed. And that reminds me... getting "knocked over" by a car. I'm sorry, if the animal was merely knocked over by a car, it would have survived?

The major highways you use to travel in and out of the town I lived in (in VA, USA) was 460, "four sixty" and 501, "five oh one".  I've never in my entire life heard someway say these as "hundreds".  That would be weird.

Oh and I love it when you watch British Cops and they are yelling, "Get down on the floor" as someone is running through a yard.