2010: "Twenty Ten" or "Two Thousand Ten"

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NYBuckeye96

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Dec 25, 2009 11:56 PM
How do you pronounce 2010..........."Twenty Ten" or "Two Thousand Ten"????

2010 is supposed to be the first year we start saying "Twenty" instead of "Two Thousand"..........."Twenty Ten" "Twenty Eleven" "Twenty Twelve" etc.

The Winter Olympics in Vancouver are being advertised as the "Twenty Ten Olympics" and the Summer Olympics in London are being advertised as the "Twenty Twelve Olympics".

Are we experiencing the final days of a decade of pronouncing "Two Thousand" and starting "Twenty" like we did throughout history up to 1999? Or do you think people will keep saying Two Thousand instead of Twenty?
Dec 25, 2009 11:56pm
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darbypitcher22

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Dec 25, 2009 11:59 PM
I'll probably end up saying Twenty Ten
Dec 25, 2009 11:59pm
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ptown_trojans_1

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Dec 26, 2009 12:02 AM
Our answer by asking the question, how did we pronounce 1910? We have always called the 10s-90s of a century by first 2 digits, like fourteen ninety two or nineteen eighty five.
Dec 26, 2009 12:02am
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NYBuckeye96

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Dec 26, 2009 12:05 AM
I agree on calling it Twenty Ten. However, we called 1905 "Nineteen Oh Five" but we called 2005 "Two Thousand Five" and not "Twenty Oh Five" which broke from tradition from past centuries.

The past ten years have been an oddity in how we pronounce the years.
Dec 26, 2009 12:05am
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mtrulz

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Dec 26, 2009 12:09 AM
Two thousand ten.
Dec 26, 2009 12:09am
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Dec 26, 2009 12:16 AM
1910 was nineteen-ten.
2010 should be twenty-ten.
Dec 26, 2009 12:16am
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ernest_t_bass

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Dec 26, 2009 12:16 AM
O' Ten
Dec 26, 2009 12:16am
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ZeroCool

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Dec 26, 2009 12:50 AM
2010. its easier and shorter to pronounce.
Dec 26, 2009 12:50am
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hoops23

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Dec 26, 2009 12:52 AM
2010
Dec 26, 2009 12:52am
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Dec 26, 2009 1:20 AM
I just say 2K10
Dec 26, 2009 1:20am
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Con_Alma

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Dec 26, 2009 4:18 AM
Two thousand and ten
Dec 26, 2009 4:18am
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ernest_t_bass

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Dec 26, 2009 8:17 AM
Two.Thousand.And.Ten
Dec 26, 2009 8:17am
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trackandccrunner

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Dec 26, 2009 8:27 AM
I will say both Im sure but I think I will say Two Thousand Ten more.

And Laley I like your idea maybe I will just say 2k10 haha.
Dec 26, 2009 8:27am
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Swamp Fox

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Dec 26, 2009 8:37 AM
I don't even know why but "two thousand ten" sounds better to me.
Dec 26, 2009 8:37am
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Sonofanump

Dec 26, 2009 9:43 AM
More importantly, how do you say 1th?
Dec 26, 2009 9:43am
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Glory Days

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Dec 26, 2009 10:48 AM
Two One O' One
Dec 26, 2009 10:48am
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cat_lover

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Dec 26, 2009 11:35 AM
Twenty ten for me
Dec 26, 2009 11:35am
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Dec 26, 2009 12:13 PM
Twenty Ten. The other way takes too long.
Sonofanump wrote: More importantly, how do you say 1th?
Oneth, not Firth.
Dec 26, 2009 12:13pm
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Dec 26, 2009 12:37 PM
Oh Ten
Dec 26, 2009 12:37pm
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dwccrew

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Dec 26, 2009 1:27 PM
Twenty ten is easier and quicker to say. I'm lazy.
Dec 26, 2009 1:27pm
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Sonofanump

Dec 26, 2009 1:49 PM
justincredible wrote: Twenty Ten. The other way takes too long.
Sonofanump wrote: More importantly, how do you say 1th?
Oneth, not Firth.
I concur.
Dec 26, 2009 1:49pm
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Dec 26, 2009 2:02 PM
I was born in one thousand nine hundred and eighty five


Yeah, I'm saying twenty ten
Dec 26, 2009 2:02pm
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cats gone wild

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Dec 26, 2009 2:22 PM
Firad wrote: Oh Ten
Thats what Ive been calling 2010 cars. Oh ten
Dec 26, 2009 2:22pm
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slingshot4ever

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Dec 26, 2009 3:15 PM
Twenty ten
Dec 26, 2009 3:15pm