2010: 'Twenty ten' vs. 'two thousand ten' - Polidicks

[QUOTE=Xystus234;19415267][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPqtXzIqyJA[/media] What 2010 was supposed to look like. After watching this, look at your computer and look aroound outside and notice the difference.[/QUOTE] Very distinct lack of CRT monitors and no visible white house. I mean Whiskey Hotel. Better stay frosty while I'm Oscar Mike to the Whiskey Hotel :downs:

We should say twenty-ten

Actually, people who say twenty-ten and the like make me cringe.

[QUOTE=fear me;19415946]Actually, people who say twenty-ten and the like make me cringe.[/QUOTE] yeah, but when people have 1733 posts it makes me cringe because said person is so close to 1337ness

Twenty ten makes it sound like it's the future. WE'RE LIVING IN THE GOD DAMN FUTURE! :buddy: Lets have fun with it already.

I'm going to start calling it the year 20X

In the year 2010... war was beginning.

No...this is wrong. The first century in every millenium is pronouced differently, along with references to the entirety of the millenium. I.E. The One Thousands, the Two Thousands. The year One Thousand, the year Two Thousand. The year One Thousand and Eight, the year Two Thousand and Eight. However, when that 100 years pass, you change it. I.E. The year Nineteen Twelve, the year Twenty-one Twelve. The year Eighteen Fourteen, the year Twenty-six Fourteen. So, all years until 2101 should be pronounced as Two Thousand and [etc].

What's next? twenty-fitty? Also, why the hell would you call yourselves NAGG. As if you want to be known for nagging.

I prefer "twenty ten" myself.

[QUOTE=DOG-GY;19414196]Nineteen sixty nine. Twenty ten. It makes a hell of a lot more sense.[/QUOTE] Hey my uncle was born in one-thousand, nine-hundred and sixty-nine.

everyone who's smart already realizes this also everyone who's smart knows this thread is dumb.

I actually found this article just googling "Twenty ten", and at first I thought it was a joke article because it's so convenient the grammar association spells out "NAGG". [editline]07:22PM[/editline] [QUOTE=Applecrap;19416851]No...this is wrong. The first century in every millenium is pronouced differently, along with references to the entirety of the millenium. I.E. The One Thousands, the Two Thousands. The year One Thousand, the year Two Thousand. The year One Thousand and Eight, the year Two Thousand and Eight. However, when that 100 years pass, you change it. I.E. The year Nineteen Twelve, the year Twenty-one Twelve. The year Eighteen Fourteen, the year Twenty-six Fourteen. So, all years until 2101 should be pronounced as Two Thousand and [etc].[/QUOTE] This so much... [editline]07:25PM[/editline] I mean, when you reference the year 1010, you say "one thousand ten", not "ten ten".

[QUOTE=cmanatlan;19417412]I actually found this article just googling "Twenty ten", and at first I thought it was a joke article because it's so convenient the grammar association spells out "NAGG". [editline]07:22PM[/editline] This so much... [editline]07:25PM[/editline] I mean, when you reference the year 1010, you say "one thousand ten", not "ten ten".[/QUOTE] When I think of the year 1066 (When English first came around, so it's not that random of a year.) I think "ten sixty-six", not one thousand sixty-six.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVcG8bJBkKk[/media] Well, he says two thousand ten, so i'll stick with that.

I'm alright with 20-50 and so on. I'm a bit picky.

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[img]http://www.explosm.net/db/files/Comics/Rob/newyears10.png[/img] My feelings on then new decade are right there.

I say both 'twenty-ten' and 'two-thousand-and-ten' depending on the context, who the fuck omits the 'and' when saying the longhand version? When saying a number like 101 do you seriously say: 'a-hundred-one'? That sounds so retarded and wrong. Maybe it's just because I'm from England(where we speak ENGlish).

twenty ten sounds futuristic.

Thanks for the new avatar OP, also I have already been saying it twenty ten.

Twenty ten sounds like [highlight]THE FUTUREEEEEEEEEEEE[/highlight]

Zero-ten.

2009 = Two Thousand-n-Nine (or 'Two Thousand-Nine depending on how fast you need to say it) 2010 = Twenty-Ten There doesn't have to be some consistent way of pronouncing ALL years that is the same for ALL of them... Just whatever fits best for each period. Why is this such a big goddamn deal?

[QUOTE=Sobek-;19419532]2009 = Two Thousand-n-Nine (or 'Two Thousand-Nine depending on how fast you need to say it) 2010 = Twenty-Ten There doesn't have to be some consistent way of pronouncing ALL years that is the same for ALL of them... Just whatever fits best for each period. Why is this such a big goddamn deal?[/QUOTE] No it is just two thousand nine, no "n" at all.

Two-thousand ten. Fuck you, NAGG.

[QUOTE=Skwee;19419675]No it is just two thousand nine, no "n" at all.[/QUOTE] To Americans it is. To the rest of the world it's 'two-thousand and something'. We don't say things like, "one hundred four," it's "one hundred AND four."

People need to stop being nigglers about this. It doesn't matter god damn it. People who don't say Twenty Ten are mentally challenged, though.

I say two-thousand and ten.

I'm calling it "This year", because it'll be the next before you know it.