Two Thousand and Ten or Twenty Ten

[Fifty]

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Which do you say, and why?!

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Two Thousand Ten sounds more natural because of how we've been doing two thousand nine, etc., but in 1999 we didn't say nineteen-hundred ninety nine!

 

[Godwynn]

I say twenty-ten, because it quicker and easier.

 

[GenMarshall]

20 10

 

[D'Artagnan59]

Twenty-ten is, by following mathematical rules, 20 plus 10. 20+10=30. 20+10=/=2010. Therefore, 30=/=2010 and it is mathematically incorrect to say twenty-ten.

Two thousand ten is two thousand plus ten, which is 2010.

 

[holy king]

it's neither. it's two thousand and ten.

 

[Bill3000]

Twenty-ten is, by following mathematical rules, 20 plus 10. 20+10=30. 20+10=/=2010. Therefore, 30=/=2010 and it is mathematically incorrect to say twenty-ten.

What the crap does the pronunciation of a word have to do with its mathematical properties? That's incoherent, too, because you didn't pronounce other millennial years as, say, 1535 being one thousand five hundred thirty five, you'd pronounce it fifteen thirty five!

 

[Earthling]

I actually am still in the habit of saying two-thousand (and) ten but I also know consciously that this will probably change as future years we'll almost certainly say twenty - 2020, 2030, so on, even 2011 sounds better, so it's just the habit on the way out for me.

Oh and I'll be the first to claim actually pronoucning 2048 as ONE OOOOHOHOHOOHHHH...

 

[Babbler]

I say two thousand ten.

it's neither. it's two thousand and ten.

We, you aren't a native speaker, so I don't care and you can go to hell.
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[really]

Twenty ten

 

[bhsup]

I say twenty ten simply because we said nineteen ten. Though actually I think I recall grandpa saying stuff like "nineteen AND ten", so maybe we need to add "twenty and ten" as an option.

 

[ainwood]

20 10

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[D'Artagnan59]

What the crap does the pronunciation of a word have to do with its mathematical properties? That's incoherent, too, because you didn't pronounce other millennial years as, say, 1535 being one thousand five hundred thirty five, you'd pronounce it fifteen thirty five!

People are too lazy (like me). So we just revert to that after the 21st century.

And then back to three thousand ten in 1000 years. And then the cycle repeats.

 

[Earthling]

That's incoherent, too, because you didn't pronounce other millennial years as, say, 1535 being one thousand five hundred thirty five, you'd pronounce it fifteen thirty five!

Actually I thought those of Catholic background might be a little familiar with the tradition of always saying "The year of our Lord one thousand five hundred and thirty five" - there certainly were a few old timers/stuff in our culture which was still like that even recently.

 

[GenMarshall]

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...Twenty Ten. Because it rolls off the tounge easyer.


Oy vei.

 

[TheLastOne36]

I was thinking, about how we call things "Oh-Nine" or "That song is from seventy-eight" and was thinking what will we call stuff from this decade?

 

[Miles Teg]

20-10 obviously, because it makes me sound young and hip.

 

[D'Artagnan59]

20-10 obviously, because it makes me sound young and hip.

I'm 15 and I say two thousand ten/two thousand and ten. Either of the two work for me.

 

[GenMarshall]

In a related note, dont you think people 100 years ago would have the same discussion/debate about the pronunciation of 1910?

 

[Abaddon]

20-10

Everyone who doesn't is a future hater!

 

[holy king]

they really didnt have the time to discuss crap like this in 1910.