"Two Thousand Ten" or "Twenty Ten"

[Morris Minor]

I'm a twenty ten guy myself. You?

[ifcar]

I'm a twenty ten guy myself. You?

Same.

The worst is "oh-ten," "oh-eleven" -- I hear it way too often from car salesmen.

[giant_mtb]

I think I switch between the two, depending on what I'm talking about but I say "twenty-ten" the majority of the time.

And speaking of ways to say it; there was a local commercial a while ago for a fitness club and the guy said "memberships just $99 'til the end of two-ten."  TWO TEN.  What the FUCK?  Bugged the shit out of me.

[SVT666]

I say "twenty ten" or "oh ten".

[BimmerM3]

Twenty-ten.

[Raza]

Two thousand ten.  Every time. 

[Laconian]

Oh ex oh seven D A.

[Morris Minor]

When I was a kid learnin' French, I could never get around the way they, the Frogs, expressed the year: 1999 = Mille neuf cent quatre vingt dix-neuf.

By the time you'd got that lot out, the year had moved on & you had to start all over again.

[Laconian]

When I was a kid learnin' French, I could never get around the way they, the Frogs, expressed the year: 1999 = Mille neuf cent quatre vingt dix-neuf.

By the time you'd got that lot out, the year had moved on & you had to start all over again.

I freaking hate numbers in French.

Chinese is great:
Two, Ten, Five = 25
Four, Thousand, Two, Hundred, One = 4201

It's all roses until you start dealing with increments of ten thousand, then that gets tricky.

[Vinsanity]

When I was a kid learnin' French, I could never get around the way they, the Frogs, expressed the year: 1999 = Mille neuf cent quatre vingt dix-neuf.

By the time you'd got that lot out, the year had moved on & you had to start all over again.

4x20 + 19? do they teach their kids to count using both fingers and toes?

[93JC]

When I was a kid learnin' French, I could never get around the way they, the Frogs, expressed the year: 1999 = Mille neuf cent quatre vingt dix-neuf.

One thousand nine hundred fourscore and nineteen: what's so complicated about that?

[Colin]

When I was a kid learnin' French, I could never get around the way they, the Frogs, expressed the year: 1999 = Mille neuf cent quatre vingt dix-neuf.

By the time you'd got that lot out, the year had moved on & you had to start all over again.

True... though it's quite easy at present: maintenant il est l'annee deux mille dix!

All this 4 x 20, 10 + 9 stuff is resolved in the Swiss Romande......... they have settante, huitante and nonante as 70, 80 and 90 respectively.

Mind you. have you tried saying some of those iconic Ferrari cars in Italian? .......... cinquecento novantanove or even quattrocento cinquantaotto don't quite trip off the tongue! 

[the Teuton]

Two thousand ten.  Every time. 

+1.

[Vinsanity]

Mind you. have you tried saying some of those iconic Ferrari cars in Italian? .......... cinquecento novantanove or even quattrocento cinquantaotto don't quite trip off the tongue! 

that's probably why Europeans (or at least Top Gear presenters) just say the numbers individually ("five nine nine" and "four five eight")

[Raza]

that's probably why Europeans (or at least Top Gear presenters) just say the numbers individually ("five nine nine" and "four five eight")

I usually say them that way as well.  Notable exceptions being the 911 and 612 (which I say both as six-one-two and six-twelve, probably more often as six-twelve).  Oh, and 550.  But 575 I always said five-seven-five.

[ifcar]

People who say "two thousand ten": at what year will you switch to "twenty x", or do you never plan to?

[CALL_911]

People who say "two thousand ten": at what year will you switch to "twenty x", or do you never plan to?

I don't plan on it.

[Morris Minor]

People who say "two thousand ten": at what year will you switch to "twenty x", or do you never plan to?

Exactly - why stop there when you could string it out some more?  "One hundred score and ten."

[Raza]

People who say "two thousand ten": at what year will you switch to "twenty x", or do you never plan to?

I never plan to. 

[Vinsanity]

People who say "two thousand ten": at what year will you switch to "twenty x", or do you never plan to?

this is why I've adopted the "twenty x" terminology this year rather than later on. I don't want to still be stuck in that habit in 2027.

[Onslaught]

Two thousand ten.  Every time. 

[SVT666]

I never plan to. 

So if you got caught in a rift in the space/time continuum and ended up in the year 2168, how would you say it?  Two Thousand One Hundred and Sixty Eight, or Twenty One Sixty Eight?

[Onslaught]

So if you got caught in a rift in the space/time continuum and ended up in the year 2168, how would you say it?  Two Thousand One Hundred and Sixty Eight, or Twenty One Sixty Eight?

Two Thousand One Hundred and Sixty Eight. And then ask who the top porn star is at that time.

[Cookie Monster]

If you think about it, twenty-ten sounds more correct. Everyone said "nineteen ninety-nine", not "one thousand nine hundred ninety-nine".

[Onslaught]

If you think about it, twenty-ten sounds more correct. Everyone said "nineteen ninety-nine", not "one thousand nine hundred ninety-nine".

We only said it like that because of Prince. If not then I'd said it the other way.

[shp4man]

I say "oh-ten". It's a car biz thing. We shorten words whenever we can. Like tranny or plugs or u-joint or a/c or- well, you get the idea.

[ifcar]

I say "oh-ten". It's a car biz thing. We shorten words whenever we can. Like tranny or plugs or u-joint or a/c or- well, you get the idea.

"Ten" is shorter than "oh-ten." It's why you didn't talk about the nine-ninety-eights or oh-oh-fours. (At least, I assume you didn't.)

[Vinsanity]

"Ten" is shorter than "oh-ten." It's why you didn't talk about the nine-ninety-eights or oh-oh-fours. (At least, I assume you didn't.)

it's pretty apparent to me that "oh ten" is a carryover from the 00-09 decade when we all said "oh seven" "oh eight" and "oh nine"

[shp4man]

"Ten" is shorter than "oh-ten." It's why you didn't talk about the nine-ninety-eights or oh-oh-fours. (At least, I assume you didn't.)

"oh-ten" is clearly understood as a year, whereas "ten" could refer to other things. 

[Vinsanity]

I say "oh-ten". It's a car biz thing. We shorten words whenever we can. Like tranny or plugs or u-joint or a/c or- well, you get the idea.

if I don't feel like pronouncing the extra syllables for "transmission", I try to use the word "gearbox" instead of "tranny". Because apparently, some people think that "tranny fluid" is something you catch from a transsexual hooker.