2010....Do you say "twenty ten" or "two thousand ten"?

[cherish44]

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]

1. Probably Tewnty Ten.

The only reason we say "two thousand nine" is because "Twenty oh nine" sounds kinda weird.

[cherish44]

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]

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]

4. I say "Nineteen-Seventy", so I would go with "Twenty-Ten"

[Obamanaut]

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]

6. Twenty Ten

[Left Is Write]

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]

8. "oh-ten"

[leeroysphitz]

9. I call it the year we make contact.

[mainegreen]

10. Why ,I say Two-Aught-Deci years!

Isn't that what you say?

[Felix Mala]

32. Aughts??? Are you Amish? Taky thy mules and wagon and bring in the shocks of wheat ...

in the upper hectares, Ezra...

[jeff30997]

11. Personnaly...

I call it: Next year.:P

[Lost in CT]

12. Twenty Ten... nt

[Lionel Mandrake]

13. Hundred score and ten

or twenty hundred ten ;-)

[KamaAina]

14. I don't know about you, but I say "next year"

:P

[astral]

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]

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]

16. Twenty-ten.

Once the "two thousands" are over, we'll be done with that nonsense for the rest of our lives.

[Jamastiene]

18. two thousand ten

because twenty ten would sound too much like two thousand to me. I would want to multiply the numbers.

[ashling]

19. Just say "nine eleven" - works everything - perfect for all occassions

just ask Rudi G.
:rofl:

[Ivan Sputnik]

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]

26. It's because of the movie.

[Montauk6]

21. I just make it simple and say "The Year We Make Contact"

[MissMillie]

22. I say "next year"

:silly:

[jane_pippin]

23. Twenty-ten sounds more futuristic and space-age so I like that one.

[Chan790]

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]

25. Dickety-ten

...seeing as the Kaiser stole our word for twenty some years back.

[hobbit709]

27. In binary-that's just 10

[crimsonblue]

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]

29. What 'bout 2K10?

[Bucky]

31. Nope. When said out loud it sounds too much like "Toucan Sam"

[Bucky]

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.