2010....Do you say "twenty ten" or "two thousand ten"?
cherish44
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
Sat Feb-28-09 02:02 PM
Original message
2010....Do you say "twenty ten" or "two thousand ten"?
Now this year I say two thousand nine but for some reason next year is twenty ten....I'm hearing people say it both ways. Which do you think will be the standard?
ghostsofgiants
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
Sat Feb-28-09 02:04 PM
Response to Original message
Edited on Sat Feb-28-09 02:05 PM by ghostsofgiants
The only reason we say "two thousand nine" is because "Twenty oh nine" sounds kinda weird.
cherish44
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
Sat Feb-28-09 02:07 PM
Response to Reply #1
2. Yes it makes sense with the '00s...
I myself think saying twenty.... seems easier starting next year but I do hear people saying two thousand .... for the '10s and beyond.
ghostsofgiants
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
Sat Feb-28-09 02:08 PM
Response to Reply #2
3. Two thouand ten sounds okay too.
But Before 2000 we were in the habit of saying "Nineteen-whatever" so I can see a return to that. Sounds less formal.
HopeHoops
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
Sat Feb-28-09 02:27 PM
Response to Original message
4. I say "Nineteen-Seventy", so I would go with "Twenty-Ten"
Obamanaut
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
Sat Feb-28-09 07:08 PM
Response to Original message
5. If using the 24 hour clock, it's twenty ten for 10 minutes after 8 pm. I
sorta like 'two thousand ten' for the year. We did not talk about the (s)election of 'twenty zero four' or 'twenty zero zero.'
CatholicEdHead
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
Sat Feb-28-09 07:11 PM
Response to Original message
Left Is Write
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
Sat Feb-28-09 07:14 PM
Response to Original message
7. I say two thousand ten, but I don't think there is an official answer.
Remember when everyone used to say The Year 2000? Until it was actually 2000, and then everyone dropped The Year? I think some people with stick with twenty-something and others will say two thousand-something.
madinmaryland
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
Sat Feb-28-09 08:16 PM
Response to Original message
leeroysphitz
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
Sat Feb-28-09 08:17 PM
Response to Original message
9. I call it the year we make contact.
mainegreen
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
Sat Feb-28-09 08:25 PM
Response to Original message
10. Why ,I say Two-Aught-Deci years!
Felix Mala
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
Tue Mar-03-09 11:32 AM
Response to Reply #10
32. Aughts??? Are you Amish? Taky thy mules and wagon and bring in the shocks of wheat ...
in the upper hectares, Ezra...
jeff30997
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
Sat Feb-28-09 08:32 PM
Response to Original message
Lost in CT
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
Sat Feb-28-09 09:04 PM
Response to Original message
Lionel Mandrake
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
Sat Feb-28-09 09:31 PM
Response to Original message
13. Hundred score and ten
Edited on Sat Feb-28-09 09:38 PM by Lionel Mandrake
or twenty hundred ten ;-)
KamaAina
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
Sat Feb-28-09 09:33 PM
Response to Original message
14. I don't know about you, but I say "next year"
astral
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
Sat Feb-28-09 11:18 PM
Response to Original message
15. One of our local radio announcers says
Twenty Oh Eight, and Twenty Oh Nine and such, and for some reason it bugs me. Two Thousand and whatever is proper speech! Why it bugs me I have no idea but it does. Too funny.
Iggo
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
Sun Mar-01-09 04:54 AM
Response to Reply #15
17. That's what future people will call them.
By then they'll be used to saying twenty-whatever and when they get to 2100 and 2101 they'll call them twenty-one hundred and twenty-one-oh-one. Then they'll learn we called our years two thousand seven and two thousand nine and such. They'll laugh and call us old-fashioned and we'll be totally moded. How embarassing!
Iggo
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
Sun Mar-01-09 04:49 AM
Response to Original message
Once the "two thousands" are over, we'll be done with that nonsense for the rest of our lives.
Jamastiene
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
Sun Mar-01-09 05:05 AM
Response to Original message
because twenty ten would sound too much like two thousand to me. I would want to multiply the numbers.
ashling
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
Sun Mar-01-09 05:44 AM
Response to Original message
19. Just say "nine eleven" - works everything - perfect for all occassions
Ivan Sputnik
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
Sun Mar-01-09 10:26 AM
Response to Original message
20. "twenty ten" makes more sense
given that we say "nineteen eighty four" or whatever. At the beginning of the last century, people mostly said "nineteen oh nine" not "nineteen hundred and nine". I don't know why people today don't follow that practice. Maybe because "two thousand" has one fewer syllable and is easier to say? Or it sounds cooler? Or because the movie "2001" is pronounced that way?
Iggo
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
Mon Mar-02-09 01:08 PM
Response to Reply #20
26. It's because of the movie.
Montauk6
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
Sun Mar-01-09 10:29 AM
Response to Original message
21. I just make it simple and say "The Year We Make Contact"
MissMillie
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
Sun Mar-01-09 10:30 AM
Response to Original message
jane_pippin
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
Sun Mar-01-09 10:42 AM
Response to Original message
23. Twenty-ten sounds more futuristic and space-age so I like that one.
Chan790
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
Sun Mar-01-09 10:49 AM
Response to Original message
24. I like two thousand ten.
I'm clearly in the minority but I'm irked enough by twenty-ten that I'll have zero issue correcting people constantly until they bend to my will.
no name no slogan
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
Sun Mar-01-09 11:00 AM
Response to Original message
...seeing as the Kaiser stole our word for twenty some years back.
hobbit709
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
Mon Mar-02-09 01:20 PM
Response to Original message
27. In binary-that's just 10
crimsonblue
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
Mon Mar-02-09 02:02 PM
Response to Original message
28. It will stay "2 thousand" blah until 2012.
twenty twelve is the first year that it sounds better than saying "2 thousand twelve"
Felix Mala
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
Mon Mar-02-09 02:15 PM
Response to Original message
Bucky
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
Mon Mar-02-09 02:19 PM
Response to Reply #29
31. Nope. When said out loud it sounds too much like "Toucan Sam"
Bucky
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
Mon Mar-02-09 02:18 PM
Response to Original message
30. I say "thirty" because 20+10=30 and it's faster to say
And I just expect everyone else to just goddamn understand what I mean.
DU
AdBot (1000+ posts)
Mon May 06th 2024, 01:51 PM
Response to Original message
Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators
Important Notices: By participating on this discussion
board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules
page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the
opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent
the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.