2010: Will you call it 'Twenty ten' or 'Two thousand and ten"?

[victoryparty]

Whether or not one believes in linguistic relativity – the idea that the concepts inherent in a given culture’s language affect not only the quality of experiential phenomenon, but also how one thinks and behaves – it goes without saying that whether one sees the glass as “half-empty” or “half-full” reveals something about the way that person interprets the world, at least in a given moment.

So what will 2010 bring? That perky, optimistic, back-in-the-saddle feel conveyed by the zippy term “Twenty ten,” or the how-much-longer-will-this-crap-go-on feel conveyed by longwinded references to “Two thousand and ten”?

For full column, please see:

http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/4895398-2010-twentysomething-or-more-of-the-2000s

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. I like the sound of "twenty ten."

But that's just me!

:hi:

[caitxrawks]

2. .

That's a very interesting way to look at it actually. I think I'll say twenty ten.

[velvet]

3. I dunno about optimistic

But "twenty ten" is consistent. We say nineteen ten, eighteen ten, etc. So this is my new year's resolution, to stick with "twenty ten".

[Lasher]

4. I'll call it 2010.

Yep, my mind's made up.

[madinmaryland]

5. "oh-ten"

[Bennyboy]

16. me too.

"back in o ten, I told this storry about a sheep...." kind of has a nice ring to it....

[Bunny]

6. I'm going to call it twenty- oh-ten.

I heard that on a car ad here and decided I liked it.

[Richardo]

18. You have a highly developed sense of the absurd, Bunny

I've heard that too, and I have to say I didn't catch it right away :dunce:

:hi: :pals: :loveya: bunny!

[dr.strangelove]

7. 2K10

I heard my local morning anchor refer to it as Two-Kay-Ten the other day and I nearly spit out my beverage.

[meow2u3]

8. 2K10 came from the 2K Sports video games

MLB 2K10; NHL 2K10; NBA 2K10, etc.

[old mark]

9. Probably just "10".

I'm pretty informal.


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[LiberalAndProud]

10. When I read it, it's twenty-ten. So I figure that's my preference.

But I'm pretty sure I'll use both.

[WCGreen]

11. Two - O - One - O

[bikebloke]

12. Deux Mille Dix

[Iggo]

13. Twenty Ten.

Stop the madness.

[kentauros]

14. Maybe "10", maybe "210" just to confuse people

or even "3" for the numerology folks :P

[Crabby Appleton]

15. twenty ten nt

[progressoid]

17. MMX

[struggle4progress]

19. I'll say 20-10 but the following year I'll say 2000-11. The year after that I'll say 20-12.

After that I'll say 2000-13, 2000-14, 2000-15 ... until I get to 20-20

[AsahinaKimi]

20. Can I call it a

[Rabrrrrrr]

21. I will call it "two thousand ten" - the use of "and" in a number denotes a decimal.

To use "and" in a number where there is not a decimal is a sign of mathematic illiteracy.

[Lindsey]

23. I'm already calling it 010. Alot of it will depend on what the folks

at work start calling it (we deal with dates A LOT).

[kentauros]

27. Only not so when speaking in Deutsch:

23: dreiundzwanzig (3 and 20)

:P

[astral]

22. TWO THOUSAND TEN

Twenty-Ten sounds Sooooo barfy to me.

[Flaxbee]

24. two thousand ten

twenty-ten sounds too much like jargon to me...

[mnhtnbb]

25. I called all the years nineteen and number, so I'll say twenty ten

[Deep13]

26. twenty-ten. It follows twenty-aught-nine. nt

[Lindsey]

28. On second thought, twenty-ten. n/t