The Year 2010.

[Jeff]

The proper way to say 1999 would have been nineteen hundred and ninty nine. You probably have said it that way at one time or another.  Its the number of years. so 2 thousand 10 is the proper way to state the year.

[Warbird]

Twenty hundred and ten?

[DouginUtah]

I guess all that's left is 2K10.  ;D

:D  :D  :D

[DanG]

There is precedent here.  There was some momentous event that occurred in the year 1066.  I forget what it was, but I recall ALL of my teacher referred to it as Ten Sixty Six.  I never heard a single reference to One Thousand Sixty Six.

Besides, bugging Jeff is reason enough for me to say it that way. ;D :D

[Mooseherder]

I heard a talking head say twenty ten this morning.  It doesn't sound right.

[Jeff]

No, it sounds stupid. ;)

[IMERC]

It doesn't matter to me. It will be six months before I realize it is not still 2009. :

I know that feeling...

[IMERC]

I'm gonna say Two-thousand ten myself. ;)

Me to. there is no such number as twenty ten. Twenty tens is 200. Twenty and ten is 30. two thousand ten is what it is. Shall it be said, shall it be written. Amen.

Besides, Twenty Ten just sounds Stupid.

check that...

how about 2 ought 10...

sounds like something ya can hunt with...

[Chris Burchfield]

I'll be a 20 10er. Use to be I'd have to pay attention to the new year writing checks, or I'd write last years year on em. Don't write many checks now as I use a debit or credit card to pay for it.

[Burlkraft]

I guess I say twenty ten most of the time

[IMERC]

There is precedent here.  There was some momentous event that occurred in the year 1066.  I forget what it was,

WOW!!!!!!

you are old....

[DanG]

You ain't seen nuttin yet.  I'm waitin' to see what Jeff calls 2101. ;D

[Warbird]

Hmmm.  Maybe we munge up "twenty" and "aught", and call the year 2010 "taught-10".

[Jeff]

You ain't seen nuttin yet.  I'm waitin' to see what Jeff calls 2101. ;D

A year I'll never see.

[Tom]

I called the year, in the previous century, nineteen hundred and 'lebin'
I seem to be calling the years in this century, two thousand and nine.  I don't know why, except that I was taught that that (?) was the proper way to identify that number.  I would call it two thousand and nine dollars, if I had it in my pocket.  :-\

When I get to 2100, I might call it twenty-one hundred, just because it rolls off of the tongue a little easier.  I don't know what I'll call 2200 yet.  Have to think on that one a bit. 

[Mooseherder]

 

After more thought and reflection on this today I'm sure that I haven't heard for the last 9 years,
twenty-o-one, twenty o-two and twenty o-three.  At least not in my circle. ;)

[SwampDonkey]

I say 20 10, cause I'm stupid.

Oh, and I'm on dial-up.

So yeah, that explains it, eh? :D

Wait, I didn't say I never said 2010 on occasion. ;)

[moonhill]

NAGG says "twenty ten", in short, it is shorter to say and humans usually take the shortest route.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/01/01/MN621BB41U.DTL

Happy New Year.  I hope the Mexicans can keep thing cool, they have a track record of breaking down, 1809-1810, 1909-1910 year transitions.  I hope they break the tradition, if not we may see the results. 


Tim

[Jeff]

NAGG says "twenty ten"

There ya go, another perfect reason not to use it. They aint goona tell me how I is sposed to speak.

[Mooseherder]

If you NAGG me, I'll do the opposite. ;D

[Banjo picker]

Twenty ten....hut ....hut....sounds like something Peyton Manning would be yelling over center....I like it.... 8) 8)  Tim

[Jeff]

That's why they lost last week.

[SwampDonkey]

Hey, even "Space 19 99" the series was said that way, back in the 70's. :D

[Banjo picker]

That's why they lost last week.

I was thinking it might have something to do with not playing the second half... ;)  Tim

[IMERC]

some unlikely headlines from the upcoming year....

http://www.moonbattery.com/