2010

[Tiberius Jim]

So the year 2010 is fast approaching, and we'll be making reference to it more or and more as it draws near, so I think its time we determine the correct pronunciation.

We've been saying "two-thousand-blank" ever since 2001. I guess that just carried over from 2000 when we simply said "two-thousand" and the "oh" in "twenty-oh-one" sounds sort of awkward.

However, since 2010 will be the first of the double digit years, I think it should be pronounced "twenty-ten". Not only does it sound more futuristic, but it's much more efficient, cutting the syllables in half when opposed to "two-thousand-ten"

So, how have you/will you pronounce 2010?

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Two-thousand-ten.

(my God! It's full of stars! )

 

[Zulu Romeo]

"The Year We Make Contact™".

 

[Pingfah]

Twenty Hundred and Ten.

Or Two Hundreds of Tens and Ten.

 

[Chekov's Phaser]

I'll be saying twenty ten, not two thousand ten. Twenty ten has less syllables, but I'll admit it will take me some time. I got use to saying two thousand...

 

[Tiberius Jim]

Twenty Hundred and Ten.

Or Two Hundreds of Tens and Ten.

Wouldn't that make the year 2000.10?

 

[Pingfah]

No that would be twenty hundreds of tens point ten. Obviously.

I got a B in GCSE maths, trust me

 

[Gary Mitchell]

Twenty ten.

 

[SPOCKED]

oh ten

 

[Kirk's_Tights]

Twenty Ten.

 

[Miss Chicken]

Two thousand and ten.

I pronounced 1010 as one thousand and ten but 1910 as nineteen-ten.


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[Tiberius Jim]

oh ten

I was looking at cars with my girlfriend and the salesman actually said, "Over here we have the Oh-Ten models!" My girlfriend and I just looked at each other like:

No that would be twenty hundreds of tens point ten. Obviously.

I got a B in GCSE maths, trust me

Unless we're talking about money...because if you write a check for two thousand and ten, you'd be paying $2000.10

 

[Pingfah]

I think that sounds OK personally. Oh Eleven sounds wrong though.

 

[Pingfah]

Unless we're talking about money...because if you write a check for two thousand and ten, you'd be paying $2000.10

Not if you wrote a cheque for Two Thousand and Ten Dollars. That would be 2010.

 

[Tiberius Jim]

How does it sound right though? We say "oh-nine" now because the abbreviation is '09. If you say oh-ten, then you're saying that the abbreviation is '010. There is no "oh"!

Unless we're talking about money...because if you write a check for two thousand and ten, you'd be paying $2000.10

Not if you wrote a cheque for Two Thousand and Ten Dollars. That would be 2010.

The way I've always written checks is like this, for example: ($415.75) Four hundred fifteen and 75/100. The and acts as the decimal.

But that's a totally different thread. If we keep this up we'll be talking about it until oh-twelve.

 

[Pingfah]

^ True. I would write Four Hundred and Fifteen Pounds and Seventy Five Pence. Cultural thing I guess, as far as I know that is how everyone here writes them.

Regarding the date, It just sounds right phonetically, unlike oh eleven which sounds awkward. I agree it is not correct.

 

[kathryn i am]

twenty ten

but in my classroom: deux mille dix

 

[MANT!]

Twenty Ten, and now the local news is using Twenty Oh Nine..I guess to get ready..

 

[T'Bonz]

Twenty-ten.

 

[Brolan]

Screw 2010. I'm still wondering what the decade we are in will be called? The Millenium decade? Yuck!