dagwave Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 Already the new year begins, rife with controversy...... What is the proper pronunciation of the new year?? 1. Twenty ten 2. Two thousand ten I'm infavor of #1, but my 15 year old son and 7 year old daughter disagree....of course I suspect she's just ganging up on me...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
theashtraysays Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 I've been referring to it as "oh-ten" for a while at work (oh-eight / oh-nine / oh-ten kind of thing). Now that we're actually in it, I don't think that will hold up well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
u2roolz Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 I'm in the Two Thousand Ten boat. Although, I am willing to try both variations in front of people in the 1st 6 months of the year. You know? To get my feet wet. I want to see which type of people think about correcting me or why they would in the first place. It's odd though because almost everyone I've heard referred to 2012 as Twenty Twelve. I think people like the abstract idea of saving a syllable to perhaps use that millisecond to post something witty on Twitter or some networking site. Think about it. People had more time in the 60s. That's why they referred to 2001: A Space Odyssey as Two Thousand One. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn_skurj Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 I have a feeling "twenty-ten" will become the predominant. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Edie Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 twenty ten sounds right. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mountain bed Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 I heard Joe The VP call it "twenty-oh-ten", so why that's dreadfully wrong I think that's what I'll go with. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dude Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 "Twenty ten" makes the most sense. We said "nineteen ninety-nine", we didn't say "one thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Runaway Jim Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 Two Thousand Ten Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tweedling Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 I'm in the Two Thousand Ten boat. Although, I am willing to try both variations in front of people in the 1st 6 months of the year. You know? To get my feet wet. I want to see which type of people think about correcting me or why they would in the first place. It's odd though because almost everyone I've heard referred to 2012 as Twenty Twelve. I think people like the abstract idea of saving a syllable to perhaps use that millisecond to post something witty on Twitter or some networking site. Think about it. People had more time in the 60s. That's why they referred to 2001: A Space Odyssey as Two Thousand One. Love the post! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 I've always pronounced the sequel to 2001 as "two thousand and ten" so I'm sticking with that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
moxiebean Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 two thousand 'n ten Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 Twenty-ten. It's simple: A hundred years ago it was "nineteen-ten." A hundred years before that it was "eighteen-ten." Also "seventeen-ten," "sixteen-ten" ... and guess what? It's now it's "twenty-ten." People can use whatever form they want, but "twenty-ten" is the one that is shortest, makes most sense, has historical precedent on its side, and will win out in the end. As it should. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uncool2pillow Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 I heard Joe The VP call it "twenty-oh-ten", so why that's dreadfully wrong I think that's what I'll go with. I think that would've gotten wider media coverage had Bush, Jr. or Quayle said it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn_skurj Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 Maybe we should just go Roman and call it "MMX." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uncool2pillow Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 Maybe we should just go Roman and call it "MMX."Good answer! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The High Heat Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 Two thousand ten and 00/100~~~~~~~~ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
froggie Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 i've heard both mentioned in the media down here, but i'll stick with the THOUSAND version Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ih8music Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 It's simple: A hundred years ago it was "nineteen-ten." A hundred years before that it was "eighteen-ten." Also "seventeen-ten," "sixteen-ten" ... and guess what? It's now it's "twenty-ten."That's true, but not entirely relevant. There's a big difference in brevity between "one thousand nine hundred ten" (7 syllables) and "nineteen ten" (3 syllables), but not quite as big of a difference between "two thousand ten" (4 syllables) and "twenty ten" (3 syllables). The correct comparison IMO are the years 1009, 1010, etc... was it "one thousand nine, one thousand ten" or "ten oh nine, ten ten, etc." FWIW, I find that I read 2010 as "twenty ten" but if someone were to ask me the year I would say "two thousand ten." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Runaway Jim Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 Twenty-ten. It's simple: A hundred years ago it was "nineteen-ten." A hundred years before that it was "eighteen-ten." Also "seventeen-ten," "sixteen-ten" ... and guess what? It's now it's "twenty-ten." People can use whatever form they want, but "twenty-ten" is the one that is shortest, makes most sense, has historical precedent on its side, and will win out in the end. As it should. If nineteen-ten jumped off a bridge, would twenty-ten? I'm all for making a change. I'm sticking with two-thousand ten. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tugmoose Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 If nineteen-ten jumped off a bridge, would twenty-ten? I'm all for making a change. I'm sticking with two-thousand ten.Well, in 100 years you'd better be saying either "Two thousand one hundred ten" or "Twenty one hundred ten." I'll be checking. For me, I'll go with a record. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jff Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 Two zero one zero. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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