How do you say 2010?

glatt · 01-01-2010, 08:48 AM

So, how do you say 2010?

Griff · 01-01-2010, 08:56 AM

Twenty ten. I'm just glad we're done with that 2 thousand nine mouthful.

TheMercenary · 01-01-2010, 09:49 AM

I find myself going back and forth either when I read it or when I say it. Although, Twenty-Ten is pretty easy to say.

Pie · 01-01-2010, 11:00 AM

Well, to be a pedant, it should be "two thousand ten" not "two thousand and ten" -- the 'and' denotes a decimal point.

monster · 01-01-2010, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Pie

Well, to be a pedant, it should be "two thousand ten" not "two thousand and ten" -- the 'and' denotes a decimal point.

Not to Brits.

monster · 01-01-2010, 11:03 AM

Twenty-ten

Shawnee123 · 01-01-2010, 11:05 AM

In higher education, years are the last half of one and the first half of the next. So, we say oh eight oh nine (08/09), for the year that started in 2008. When we started discussing this year as the last half of the academic and FA year, people would say oh nine oh ten (09/10). People had to train themselves to leave the 'oh' out.

But I say two thousand ten, for the year.

Trilby · 01-01-2010, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Pie

Well, to be a pedant, it should be "two thousand ten" not "two thousand and ten" -- the 'and' denotes a decimal point.

Nerd.

I voted twenty-ten because I believe in saving time.

glatt · 01-01-2010, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Pie

Well, to be a pedant, it should be "two thousand ten" not "two thousand and ten" -- the 'and' denotes a decimal point.

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Originally Posted by monster

Not to Brits.

My wife and I just had this argument this morning. We went onto the web for vindication and couldn't find a reputable source that vindicated either of us. Or to be more precise, we found equal numbers of sites to support both positions.

dar512 · 01-01-2010, 11:53 AM

I say twenty ten -- possibly influenced by a song from my youth In the year 2525 -- sung as twenty-five twenty-five.

lumberjim · 01-01-2010, 12:07 PM

I'm gonna hafta pull rank on you folks.

The car business sets this trend. always has. and we say 'oh ten'.

that's why the Oh Ten cars come out in August.....just so we can take charge of this kind of thing.

Shawnee123 · 01-01-2010, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

In higher education, years are the last half of one and the first half of the next. So, we say oh eight oh nine (08/09), for the year that started in 2008. When we started discussing this year as the last half of the academic and FA year, people would say oh nine oh ten (09/10). People had to train themselves to leave the 'oh' out.

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

I'm gonna hafta pull rank on you folks.

The car business sets this trend. always has. and we say 'oh ten'.

that's why the Oh Ten cars come out in August.....just so we can take charge of this kind of thing.

Ha! So it's not just us.

Just like the whole Y2K scare, no one thought ahead of time how we will say 2010. Someone should have anticipated this shit. :p

(side note) on the plots on my grammy and gramps headstones, they had put the year gramps died and only put '19--' for grammy. She was like, yeah, that's a bit early for me. She died this year (oh heck, I mean last year) at 97, sharp as a tack as always.

glatt · 01-01-2010, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

and we say 'oh ten'.

That's the craziest thing I ever heard.

That means I was born in nine sixty seven

lumberjim · 01-01-2010, 12:35 PM

oh ten

010
2010

the 2 is just silent.

no one says i have a 10 altima. that sounds retarded. twothousandten is too long..... twentyten.....nuh uh. some old people say twenty oh ten.....but that's all fucked up...

you could say aught ten?

Shawnee123 · 01-01-2010, 12:38 PM

You ought not.

View Poll Results: How do you say 2010?
Two thousand and ten.	5	14.71%
Twenty ten.	22	64.71%
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01-01-2010, 08:48 AM	#1
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	How do you say 2010? So, how do you say 2010?

01-01-2010, 08:56 AM	#2
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Twenty ten. I'm just glad we're done with that 2 thousand nine mouthful. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

01-01-2010, 09:49 AM	#3
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	I find myself going back and forth either when I read it or when I say it. Although, Twenty-Ten is pretty easy to say. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

01-01-2010, 11:00 AM	#4
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Well, to be a pedant, it should be "two thousand ten" not "two thousand and ten" -- the 'and' denotes a decimal point. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

01-01-2010, 11:03 AM	#6
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Twenty-ten __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-01-2010, 11:05 AM	#7
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	In higher education, years are the last half of one and the first half of the next. So, we say oh eight oh nine (08/09), for the year that started in 2008. When we started discussing this year as the last half of the academic and FA year, people would say oh nine oh ten (09/10). People had to train themselves to leave the 'oh' out. But I say two thousand ten, for the year. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

01-01-2010, 11:53 AM	#10
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	I say twenty ten -- possibly influenced by a song from my youth In the year 2525 -- sung as twenty-five twenty-five. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

01-01-2010, 12:07 PM	#11
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	I'm gonna hafta pull rank on you folks. The car business sets this trend. always has. and we say 'oh ten'. that's why the Oh Ten cars come out in August.....just so we can take charge of this kind of thing. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

01-01-2010, 12:35 PM	#14
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	oh ten 010 2010 the 2 is just silent. no one says i have a 10 altima. that sounds retarded. twothousandten is too long..... twentyten.....nuh uh. some old people say twenty oh ten.....but that's all fucked up... you could say aught ten? __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

01-01-2010, 12:38 PM	#15
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	You ought not. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

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