Twenty-Ten

demibee

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Dec 31, 2009, 11:19:02 PM12/31/09

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Now that's it's 2010, I'm wondering if newscasters (and people in general)
will *finally* stop saying "Two thousand and..." Wait and see, I guess :)

db

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Rick Walker

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Jan 1, 2010, 8:44:35 AM1/1/10

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"demibee" wrote:
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> Now that's it's 2010, I'm wondering if newscasters (and people in general)
> will *finally* stop saying "Two thousand and..." Wait and see, I guess :)
>

Even a few advertisers are using "Twenty-ten"; it's shorter, sounds succinct
and to the point. I'm sure all will adjust soon.

Picasso

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Jan 1, 2010, 12:43:32 PM1/1/10

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my wife said it this morning, i corrected her for you

Picasso

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Jan 1, 2010, 12:44:17 PM1/1/10

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i've been calling it two thousand ten. would you prefer twenty ten?

Rob

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Jan 1, 2010, 1:01:25 PM1/1/10

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I'm calling it 010 (oh ten) just because I want to, just like we used to
say 09.

Rick Walker

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Jan 1, 2010, 1:09:23 PM1/1/10

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"Rob" wrote:
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> I'm calling it 010 (oh ten) just because I want to, just like we used to
> say 09.
>

My wife's boss just sent her an e-mail stating, " All the best in '10 "...
which also sounds pretty cool.

demibee

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Jan 1, 2010, 3:35:17 PM1/1/10

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On Fri, 01 Jan 2010 13:44:17 -0400, Picasso wrote:

> i've been calling it two thousand ten. would you prefer twenty ten?

It's a picayune thing, I know, but I've disliked the "Two thousand..."
thing since 2001. I recall celebrating New Year's 2001 in a club
downtown, and when I turned to someone sand said, "Happy Twenty oh one" --
thinking of the way we'd used "Nineteen..." throughout the 20th century,
and never "One thousand, nine hundred..." -- she paused and said, "Oh I
get it... Good one! LOL!" Her response just confused me :)

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demibee

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Jan 1, 2010, 3:44:13 PM1/1/10

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On Fri, 01 Jan 2010 14:09:23 -0400, Rick Walker wrote:

> My wife's boss just sent her an e-mail stating, " All the best in '10
> "... which also sounds pretty cool.

Even better! Just like '76, etc.

Up till now, I've used "Two thou' one," etc. Whenever I used "Twenty...,"
people seemed to find it strange.

The long way -- "Two thousand..." -- reminds me of French class, where it
was always, "dix-neuf cent, soixante-seize"... talk about a mouthful! ;)

In casual conversation, I'm sure "soixante-seize" sufficed, though.

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Rick Walker

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Jan 1, 2010, 3:58:11 PM1/1/10

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"demibee" wrote:

Richard started me using "Twenty-O" sometime in the mid "0"s... at first it
sounded a little odd, but the more I thought about it the more it made
sense. When anyone asked me why I said it that way, I'd say "Did you say
'Nineteen hundred and ninety-nine... or 1999?"

That always made people think twice ;).

Ice Age

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Jan 1, 2010, 10:40:43 PM1/1/10

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Rob wrote:
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> I'm calling it 010 (oh ten) just because I want to, just like we used to
> say 09.

I call it twenty-ten. Just like nineteen-ten, eighteen-ten, etc.
My wife, family and former employer seem to be OK with this. But then
again, I get along with them fine. :-)

Ice!

demibee

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Jan 1, 2010, 10:50:09 PM1/1/10

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On Fri, 01 Jan 2010 23:40:43 -0400, Ice Age wrote:

> I call it twenty-ten. Just like nineteen-ten, eighteen-ten, etc.
> My wife, family and former employer seem to be OK with this. But then
> again, I get along with them fine. :-)

I notice that Rex Murphy has been saying "Two thousand *oh* nine," etc.
throughout the decade. That's the strangest yet... I wonder if it's even
a valid way of saying it.

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Rob

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Jan 1, 2010, 11:24:55 PM1/1/10

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'10 does indeed sound pretty cool. The Chinese have 2010 as year of the
tiger :-0

Al Smith

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Jan 2, 2010, 1:52:51 AM1/2/10

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Twenty-ten is fine because it causes no confusion. Saying
twenty-nine on the other hand, is confusing. The form there would
have been twenty O-nine ... equivalent to ninteen O-eight.

-Al-