Trivial Question About 2010!?

[Capn_Jack_Savvy]

What do you say?

Two thousand and ten

OR

Two thousand ten

OR

Twenty ten

:confused :confused :confused :confused :confused

<Wish I had the Polling capabilities here>

 

[phase pistol]

Twenty ten.

"Eighteen ten", "Nineteen ten"... "Twenty ten".

You should also have been saying "Twenty oh nine" and not "Two thousand and nine", but I'm guessing you weren't. :lol

 

[sebmodio]

Twenty ten.

"Eighteen ten", "Nineteen ten"... "Twenty ten".

You should also have been saying "Twenty oh nine" and not "Two thousand and nine", but I'm guessing you weren't. :lol

+1 to Phase Pistol

At least that's what the National Association for Good Grammar says.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/01/01/MN621BB41U.DTL

 

[Skaught]

I'm saying "two thousand ten", right now. I said "two thousand nine", so I'm just continuing with that format. I never heard anyone say, "twenty nine" or "twenty oh nine". We say "nineteen ten" because saying "one thousand, nine hundred and ten" is a bit long, though that's how you'd describe it as a number. We've being calling it "the year two thousand" and not "the year twenty", after all.

What I want to know is, how will we refer to this decade? We had the 70's, 80's, and 90's. I don't see us calling it the "Zero's"!

Scott

 

[Capn_Jack_Savvy]

Good thing we didn't experience any Y2K10 scares this year!

 

[phase pistol]

2010 is the last year of the decade properly called the "Aughts". 2011 will be the first year of the "Tens". (this is for the same reason that they don't say a baby is "one year old" the minute it's born).

But personally I've decided to call the whole mess "the Neo Dark Ages" until things start getting better. :unsure

k

 

[SpyderDan]

What I want to know is, how will we refer to this decade? We had the 70's, 80's, and 90's. I don't see us calling it the "Zero's"!

Scott

Phase Pistol beat me to it...

The aughties. Last year was twenty aught nine.

 

[Jedifyfe]

Twenty ten.

"Eighteen ten", "Nineteen ten"... "Twenty ten".

You should also have been saying "Twenty oh nine" and not "Two thousand and nine", but I'm guessing you weren't. :lol

Never thought about it like that. Funny!

Brad

 

[phase pistol]

Practically speaking, you only ever think of the last two digits anyway... "oh eight", "oh nine". Kind of awkward to think of just "ten" tho. :unsure

Let's just all switch to Stardates, it's so much cooler. :lol

Today would be "twenty-ten-oh-six", in Abrams notation...

k

 

[Solo4114]

I think either "Two thousand ten" or "twenty ten" are acceptable. I tend to go with "Twenty ten" myself, just because it's faster. Although I did say "two thousand" or "Two thousand five" or whathaveyou.

 

[micdavis]

I simply say 2010 because of my movie saturated brain and I've always referred to it as "Twenty ten".

Of course does that mean we've all mis-pronounced 2001 all these years. If it should have been "twenty oh nine ", shouldn't it be "twenty oh one: A Space Odyssey"

 

[AJK001]

I've been going with two thousand ten because that was the way I've been doing it ever since 2000, but I do admit that twenty ten is quicker.

 

[Skaught]

Despite what is grammatically correct, no one is going to call the past decade the "aughts"! VH:1 - We Love the Aughts! Nots.

Calling it the "two thousands" I can see if it wasn't so long and awkward. But if I was to refer to it, that's how I'd do it right now. What else would be realistic? Not the "zeros".

Scott

 

[Solo4114]

It's already being referred to in the media as "the aughts." There's no easy way for VH1 to market that show. It'll either be "We love the two thousands" or "We love the aughts" Maybe "We love the Millenium" but that might only work for 2000.

 

[phase pistol]

What amuses me is that there are obvious correct ways to refer to these years and decades, but people reject them because they just don't like them. :lol

Such is the dilemma of language. We want to believe that the rules dictate usage. But in reality, usage changes the rules. Language evolves.

Ultimately though all language is "made up". There's no real reason anything has to be the way it is. In fact English is really braindead-stupid with its inconsistencies and paradoxes.

Even numbering this particular year, "2010", is totally arbitrary and has no real significance. Other cultures have different numbering systems which are equally arbitrary.

So basically just say whatever you want, it doesn't matter. :lol

k

 

[ONEYE]

Two Zero One Zero.... Twenty Ten.

 

[anakin]

What amuses me is that there are obvious correct ways to refer to these years and decades, but people reject them because they just don't like them. :lol

Such is the dilemma of language. We want to believe that the rules dictate usage. But in reality, usage changes the rules. Language evolves.

Ultimately though all language is "made up". There's no real reason anything has to be the way it is. In fact English is really braindead-stupid with its inconsistencies and paradoxes.

Even numbering this particular year, "2010", is totally arbitrary and has no real significance. Other cultures have different numbering systems which are equally arbitrary.

So basically just say whatever you want, it doesn't matter. :lol

k

awesome....I will refer to this year as the fantabulous Dr. Heywood Floyd

or just Scheider Man

 

[Zombie_61]

Just don't call it "Twenty-aught-ten".

Seriously. I worked with a guy who couldn't stop himself from referring to 2000 as "nineteen-two-thousand" for quite some time. :lol

 

[darthgordon]

I used to say two thousand... but am switching to twenty because it sounds cooler.

What I want to know is, how will we refer to this decade? We had the 70's, 80's, and 90's. I don't see us calling it the "Zero's"!

Scott

Was wondering the same thing.

It's already being referred to in the media as "the aughts." There's no easy way for VH1 to market that show. It'll either be "We love the two thousands" or "We love the aughts" Maybe "We love the Millenium" but that might only work for 2000.

What media are you watching or listening to? I have not heard that anywhere.

If this were 1911 I could see calling the previous decade the aughts... but seriously... who says "aught" anymore? Mr. Burns?

And no, there really is no grammatically correct way of referring to decades. Numbers in general are pretty fluidic. If I say fifteen hundred dollars or one thousand five hundred dollars, I'm still correct.

Basing it on what came before makes no sense. When's the last time people used the word "ye," "ol'," "o'er," "thee," or "made in the USA?"

 

[Betamin]

I call it "Betty."