How will you pronounce 2010?

Posted Thu, 12/31/2009 - 11:03am by KetchupMaster
Twenty Ten
29% (5 votes)
Two Thousand Ten
41% (7 votes)
Two Oh One Oh
0% (0 votes)
The End of the World minus 2
12% (2 votes)
Other (Specify in comment)
18% (3 votes)
Total votes: 17

Comments

Eliyahu's picture
by Eliyahu - 12/31/2009 - 11:05am

Anything other than Two Thousand Ten is just wrong.

KetchupMaster's picture
by KetchupMaster - 12/31/2009 - 11:11am

Well nobody says 1910 as One Thousand Nine Hundred Ten. We say Nineteen Ten.

StephenL's picture
by StephenL - 12/31/2009 - 11:23am

Two Thousand Ten is the only way!

Adam's picture
by Adam (not verified) - 12/31/2009 - 11:35am

Two Thousand Ten isn't even right. Two thousand AND ten. Jeesh.

OldManClayton's picture
by OldManClayton - 12/31/2009 - 11:51am

Either Twenty Ten or Two Thousand Ten.

Eliyahu's picture
by Eliyahu - 12/31/2009 - 12:30pm

The only reason "Nineteen Ninety" is correct is because the nineteen represents Nineteen Hundred (aka 1900). Trying to say "Twenty Hundred" is just plain wrong, it's "Two thousand". After 2100 we can call it "Twenty one ten" but at this point, it is just wrong.

Ricky's picture
by Ricky - 12/31/2009 - 12:36pm

i would say, 20 10, cause i grew up saying 19 90. But that takes too long, so i'm gonna just say 10.

OldManClayton's picture
by OldManClayton - 12/31/2009 - 1:10pm

Twenty Hundred is no less correct than nineteen hundred.

Also, I'm pretty sure using "and" in a number is a difference between British and American English. :O

Funny that we're all arguing over it. xD

Eliyahu's picture
by Eliyahu - 12/31/2009 - 1:11pm

In American English, 'and' symbolizes a decimal. For example, a fever of a hundred and three is not 103, it's 100.3

OldManClayton's picture
by OldManClayton - 12/31/2009 - 1:19pm

Typically a descriptor follows for that to be accurate. It would be one hundred and three tenths. You will never catch someone saying "one hundred and three" and meaning 100.3 even if they are an English nut. Or at least not anywhere I've been.

chrilley's picture
by chrilley - 12/31/2009 - 1:23pm

I called last year Brutus, so this year I'll name it Sean. Happy New Sean everyone!

OldManClayton's picture
by OldManClayton - 12/31/2009 - 1:27pm

I vote that it be named Aloysius.

StephenL's picture
by StephenL - 12/31/2009 - 3:26pm

How about the year of GameBuilder? ;)

Jacob's picture
by Jacob - 12/31/2009 - 7:20pm

I vote Aloysius as well, because I like umbrellas.

Watermelon876's picture
by Watermelon876 - 12/31/2009 - 10:07pm

I vote (-ed)

Jacob's picture
by Jacob - 01/01/2010 - 1:40am

I like just "Oh Ten", as in ((2(010))=(2(OhTen)))