How do you say 2010?

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.

glatt · 01-01-2010, 11:37 AM

Quote:

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.

Quote:

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.

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, 11:53 AM	#3
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

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