How will you pronounce 2010?

[Daneel]

^ Well, for me, if I were to refer to a year in the eleventh century, I would say "one thousand-whatever" rather than "ten-whatever". I'd do the same for the 31st century. So I guess it's just the first century of each millennium that gets this different pronunciation, at least in my case. As for why that is, I couldn't say.

 

[RoJoHen]

1850 - Eighteen Fifty
1234- Twelve Thirty-Four
2366 - Twenty-Three Sixty-Six
1977 - Nineteen Seventy-Seven
2010 - Twenty Ten?
- - - - -

So from the year 1010 to 9999 we've decided to pronounce the year as "two-digit number - two-digit number" (I'm counting sci-fi here.)

So in my mind, if we're gonna do it that way for almost 9,000 years, why is this century so special?

Saying "twenty-ten" matches the other 8,000 years...why are people arguing against that? What...the 21st century gets to be special? Why?

Well, in that case, why didn't we say "Twenty-oh One, Twenty oh-Two," etc? We said "Two-thousand [and] One, Two-thousand [and] Two...."

 

[Miss Chicken]

I certainly would say "one thousand and ten' for the year 1010. However I do say 10-66 for 1066 (which was a famous date in British history)

I also remember my grandparents saying that nineteen hundred and four for 1904, though this might they wouldn't have said 19-oh-4 as they tended to use the word 'naught' for a zero.

 

[RoJoHen]

they tended to use the word 'naught' for a zero.

Let's bring that back! It's so much more interesting than "oh."

 

[TrekNut87]

Most likely I'll be saying Twenty Ten.

 

[RJDiogenes]

I certainly would say "one thousand and ten' for the year 1010. However I do say 10-66 for 1066 (which was a famous date in British history)

Exactly. Thousand for the first decade, then a segue through the teens, and then ten for twenty and beyond; just like the 21st Century.

 

[Shaytan]

Deux mille dix.

Duemiladieci.

You both suck

I'd rather say that we're the most elegant person in this thread

 

[SilentP]

I could throw in using 0000010.M3 to 0999010.M3, depending on when in the year it is.

Internet cookie for guessing which sci-fi that dating style comes from

 

[WillsBabe]

How do people here pronounce "250".

Two hundred and fifty. Luckily the "and" isn't gramatically incorrect in British English.

 

[captcalhoun]

I could throw in using 0000010.M3 to 0999010.M3, depending on when in the year it is.

Internet cookie for guessing which sci-fi that dating style comes from

warhammer 40,000

stardate 63001 to stardate 63365

 

[ST-One]

1850 - Eighteen Fifty
1234- Twelve Thirty-Four
2366 - Twenty-Three Sixty-Six
1977 - Nineteen Seventy-Seven
2010 - Twenty Ten?
- - - - -

Up to the year 2000 we usually put a 'hundred' behind the number that indicates the century in German:

1234 - Twelve Hundred Thirty-Four
1977 - Nineteen Hundred Seventy-Seven

 

[TheGodBen]

I certainly would say "one thousand and ten' for the year 1010.

The only reason I'm reluctant to say 10-10 is because it sounds like some sort of raunchy dance, but I would probably say 10-oh-5 for 1005, and I definately say 10-66 for 1066.

 

[trekkiedane]

"NAGG [The National Association of Good Grammar] has decided to step in and decree that (2010) should officially be pronounced 'twenty ten,' and all subsequent years should be pronounced as 'twenty eleven,' 'twenty twelve,' etc.," proclaims the association's news release.​

" 'Twenty-ten' is gonna take over. It's shortest. It's easiest to understand."

On that point - if not on the syntax - the master linguist and the grammar police agree.

SFGate

^Thought I'd post that link.

Oh and 250 is two-fifty and 180 is one-eighty -in my book.

 

[Alidar Jarok]

If we're talking about informal English, one hundred and eighty (or even one-eighty) are OK. I too was taught that adding "and" implies a decimal point (and that saying "point two" is grammatically incorrect), so I would normally say one hundred eighty. However, I'm perfectly fine with people using "and." Besides, I recognize that using and for a decimal is really awkward. Even I won't pronounce 180.2 as "one hundred eighty and two tenths," I'll say "one hundred eighty point two."

 

[iguana_tonante]

troppo fichi?

Italian youth-speak, along the lines of "way too cool".

I'd rather say that we're the most elegant person in this thread

Merci beaucoup, mademoiselle.

 

[Nardpuncher]

voi siete entrambi troppo fichi! will be my new facebook status update! Thanks iguana tonante!

 

[Green Shirt]

Anyone who puts an "and" betwem two sets of numbers (that is really one number) obviously missed a day of school.

You must have missed that day in school where your class learned to spell "between".


Anyway, I recently heard a car commercial and the announcer called the new models oh tens. That sounded real odd at first, till I realized it sounded better than just calling them just tens.

 

[Ruaidhri]

For 2000.1 my science teachers would have said to say" two thousand point one". For the life of me I cannot understand how the words 'point' and 'and' mean the same thing. The word 'and' can mean 'plus' (as in 2 and 2 ), it can meean 'also' (I sang and danced to the music), it can mean 'then' (I brushed my teeth and went to bed) but I can't see how it can replace the word 'point'.

Well, if "and" can have so many different meanings, what's one more?

 

[RJDiogenes]

This business of using "and" to indicate a decimal point is rather interesting; I've never heard that in my life before this Thread.

 

[RoJoHen]

This business of using "and" to indicate a decimal point is rather interesting; I've never heard that in my life before this Thread.

And it still doesn't make sense! So if I say "one hundred and eight," what does that mean? Eight what? Eight-tenths...eight-one millionths?

If it's 100.08, would you say "one hundred and oh-eight?"