Pronouncing dates
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I know in years from 1910 you pronouced the "19" as "nineteen" and then you pronounce
the number (e.g. 1937 - nineteen thirty seven).
How to pronounce years in dates like 1900, 1901, 1902, etc? How about from 2010? |
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This question was asked in a very similar manner some time ago.
1900, 1901, 1902 - nineteen hundred, nineteen hundred (and) one, nineteen hundred (and) two, etc. 2010 - Twenty-ten or two-thousand (and) ten. |
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In colloquial speech one will hear 1987 (Nineteen eighty-seven).
1902 (Nineteen-O-two)....[this is pronounced like the letter "O"] Nineteen hundred and eighty-seven is correct, but sounds very formal. When speaking colloquially, leave out the "hundred (and)". [An exception to my colloquial rule would be years like 1800, 1900, etc. In those cases and all others like them, they would be "eighteen hundred," "nineteen hundred" etc.] |
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| I agree with mjd when it comes to the 20th century, but what about the 21st? I think it's interesting that most English speakers, (at least those that I know), would pronounce this year "two thousand three" or possibly "two thousand and three", rather than "twenty O three". I wonder why this is. Any thoughts? |
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| I think ''two thousand [and] three'' sounds better than ''twenty O three'' same for ''two thousand [and] ten'' rather than '''twenty ten''. Well, I'd pronounce the year ''1005'' ''One thousand [and] five''. |