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I know this is a fairly inane topic but this has been bugging me...

Will 2010 be called "Two thousand ten" or "Twenty ten"?

I assume, due to the fact that we're going for twenty twelve for the olympics year, that it'll be twenty ten. Both will propably be used but twenty ten being more popular.

I read the thread title as "twenty ten", so that's what I'll call it.

Twenty Ten for me as well.

I blame the media.

Up until about 1998, I assumed that everyone would call the proceeding years after 2000 "Twenty-Oh-One, Twenty-Oh-Two" etc.

This "Two-thousand-and-xxx" way of pronouncing the years annoys me because it takes longer to say. However, the worst way is how the Americans pronounce it: "Two-thousand seven". Unless I'm mistaken, that would make the current year 20007.

On the radio, there are guidelines on how to pronounce numerals correctly.

The year MUST be pronounced as: "Two-thousand-and-xxx" until the year 2010 when it becomes "Twenty-ten". I prefer the "Twenty-oh-xxx" pronunciation.

When saying a phone number, you MUST say 'oh' instead of 'zero'. That makes sense.

Twenty ten for me.

Jamez wrote:This "Two-thousand-and-xxx" way of pronouncing the years annoys me because it takes longer to say

Is it slower? For 200x (e.g. 2007), both are five syllables:

{Twen}-{Ty}-{Oh}-{Sev}-{En} (5)
{Two}-{Thou}-{Sand}-{Sev}-{En} (5)

Should be identical, no?

cdd wrote:

Jamez wrote:This "Two-thousand-and-xxx" way of pronouncing the years annoys me because it takes longer to say

Is it slower? For 200x (e.g. 2007), both are five syllables:

{Twen}-{Ty}-{Oh}-{Sev}-{En} (5)
{Two}-{Thou}-{Sand}-{Sev}-{En} (5)

Should be identical, no?

its
{Two}-{Thou}-{Sand}-{and}-{Sev}-{En} (6)

surely?

I think we ought to ask Tumble Weed to be certain, but I believe it should be T10

So does that mean we're currently on T7?

Or is that T&7?

Or, perhaps T & biscuits?

Nick Harvey wrote:So does that mean we're currently on T7?

Or is that T&7?

Or, perhaps T & biscuits?

and cumcumber sandwiches in the pavillion at about 4pm.