What year is it next year?

[MikeO996]

Starting to wonder what we are going to call the rest of the years of the century. I'm hearing about as many people saying Twenty Ten as Two Thousand and Ten at the moment, but I think twenty ten is starting to catch on even though it's a shift from what we've been used to for the last 10 years.

Edited by MikeO996 on Tuesday 8th December 11:30

[Arese]

People who say Twenty-Ten should be set on fire.

[Justayellowbadge]

Arese said:

People who say Twenty-Ten should be set on fire.

Did you say "One Thousand Nine Hundred and Eighty Four", "Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Four" or "Nineteen Eighty Four"?

Edited by Justayellowbadge on Tuesday 8th December 11:34

[Curry Burns]

I'm with you on that one JAYB, I don't see the sense now in saying two-thousand and ten, when twenty-ten is so much simpler.

[MikeO996]

Anyone who said twenty - oh - one should be shot, but actually now we've got the noughties out the way twenty whatever sort of flows better, and is consistent with what we call every other century's years - but it does presently grate.

[judas]

Justayellowbadge said:

Arese said:

People who say Twenty-Ten should be set on fire.

Did you say "One Thousand Nine Hundred and Eighty Four", "Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Four" or "Ninteen Eighty Four"?

Dear God man - you expect consistency? Twenty-Ten just sounds so... American...

[Curry Burns]

MikeO996 said:

Anyone who said twenty - oh - one should be shot, but actually now we've got the noughties out the way twenty whatever sort of flows better, and is consistent with what we call every other century's years - but it does presently grate.

^
This

[Neil H]

Justayellowbadge said:

Did you say "One Thousand Nine Hundred and Eighty Four", "Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Four" or "Ninteen Eighty Four"?

Can't say I've ever heard someone say 'twenty oh-nine' either though.

I'll be saying 'two-thousand ten', but that's just my personal preference.

[Arese]

Justayellowbadge said:

Arese said:

People who say Twenty-Ten should be set on fire.

Did you say "One Thousand Nine Hundred and Eighty Four", "Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Four" or "Nineteen Eighty Four"?

Edited by Justayellowbadge on Tuesday 8th December 11:34

For the sake of winning this argument, yes I do.

[Elskeggso]

Twenty-Ten sounds like an Americanism

[MynameisRob]

MikeO996 said:

Anyone who said twenty - oh - one should be shot, but actually now we've got the noughties out the way twenty whatever sort of flows better, and is consistent with what we call every other century's years - but it does presently grate.

My boss calls it two double-o one, the complete c**tsack ...

[Curry Burns]

So no Brit has ever said nineteen-eight-four or nineteen-fifty.........

[911motorsport]

I was watching something on the Olympics the other evening and a lot of the athletes were referring to 'two-twelve'

Edited by 911motorsport on Tuesday 8th December 11:43

[Rex Ironstone]

wow it's wierd but people who say two thousand and nine instead of twenty o nine st me. And I'm far from american. Definitely a big vote for twenty ten here and to be honest I assumed that would become the norm. As someone stated we didn't used to say one thousand nine hundred and ninety nine did we?

[MikeO996]

911motorsport said:

I was watching something on the Olympics the other evening and a lot of the athletes were referring to 'two-twelve'

Edited by 911motorsport on Tuesday 8th December 11:43

Well that's just plain stupid.

No doubt in that case THAT must be the Americanism.

[Arese]

Rex Ironstone said:

wow it's wierd but people who say two thousand and nine instead of twenty o nine st me. And I'm far from american. Definitely a big vote for twenty ten here and to be honest I assumed that would become the norm. As someone stated we didn't used to say one thousand nine hundred and ninety nine did we?

So you called 2009 "TWENTY OH NINE"?

[Kit80]

I would call it ten past eight.

[jep]

Thing is, that cretin of a Steve Wright will still trot out "Two thousand ten" on his daily clap along show... God, that man annoys me and I don't even have to listen to him any more!


I don't know why not putting 'and' in there bugs me so, but it does.

[Neil H]

Rex Ironstone said:

wow it's wierd but people who say two thousand and nine instead of twenty o nine st me. And I'm far from american. Definitely a big vote for twenty ten here and to be honest I assumed that would become the norm. As someone stated we didn't used to say one thousand nine hundred and ninety nine did we?

What did you call the year 2000? Two treble-oh? Twenty double-oh? Two hundred and oh?

[bonsai]

This was sealed in 2005 when London won the Twentytwelve Olympics.