Is it pronounce "two thousand ten" or "twenty ten"?
2010
<<Is it pronounce "two thousand ten" or "twenty ten"? >>
It isn't "pronounce" anything, matey.
It isn't "pronounce" anything, matey.
I prefer "two thousand ten" but the ""twenty ten" pronunciation is pretty common as well. I'm afraid that I don't know which one is more common.
We've been here before on this one..onvce and for all it's TWENTY TEN.
Three short sharp syllables with no intervening, and entirely unnecessary conjunctions.
The Tenth of March Twenty Ten.....Twenty Fifty Two hours GMT UK local time.
Three short sharp syllables with no intervening, and entirely unnecessary conjunctions.
The Tenth of March Twenty Ten.....Twenty Fifty Two hours GMT UK local time.
Most British people seem to say:
...Two thousand and eight.
Two thousand and nine.
Two thousand and ten...
Though a few people say "twenty ten".
...Two thousand and eight.
Two thousand and nine.
Two thousand and ten...
Though a few people say "twenty ten".
says it's "two thousand and ten" (or two zero one zero) when you're dealing with mathematics, and less so when you're referring to date and time.
You're more likely to hear "twenty ten" for date and time, but never so when you're dealing with mathematics.
You're more likely to hear "twenty ten" for date and time, but never so when you're dealing with mathematics.
We're still saying two thousand ten over here. I think it's just fun to get to say "thousand".
<<We've been here before on this one..onvce and for all it's TWENTY TEN. >>
Speak for yourself, matey.
Speak for yourself, matey.
I invariably do just that, pal. Why be a puppet master and speak for others? To do so would be sheer arrogance, do you not agree?
<<I invariably do just that, pal. Why be a puppet master and speak for others? To do so would be sheer arrogance, do you not agree? >>
Of course, but you say it so categorically that you will make the people who are learning English think that that is the only way.
Of course, but you say it so categorically that you will make the people who are learning English think that that is the only way.
Well, it is the easiest way, that is so obvious, but as with everything in a world of free will and free speech and personal liberty people can verbally express the current year in any way that suits them.
For me that is simply "twenty ten" - short and sharp and effected in one point one seconds according to my stopwatch. Saying "two thousand and ten" took me all of two point four seconds to utter in my cool and cute Edinburgh accent - now what a waste of precious time that is - I could have been doing so much else with it....like making a cup of coffee or chucking a paper dart at my irritating colleague.
However, with regard to your comment about being considerate to those who are learning correct English I will keep your words in mind the next time I am in either Glasgow or Liverpool, and even Birmingham for that matter.
For me that is simply "twenty ten" - short and sharp and effected in one point one seconds according to my stopwatch. Saying "two thousand and ten" took me all of two point four seconds to utter in my cool and cute Edinburgh accent - now what a waste of precious time that is - I could have been doing so much else with it....like making a cup of coffee or chucking a paper dart at my irritating colleague.
However, with regard to your comment about being considerate to those who are learning correct English I will keep your words in mind the next time I am in either Glasgow or Liverpool, and even Birmingham for that matter.
<For me that is simply "twenty ten" - short and sharp and effected >
Surely that should be "Short. Sharp. Affected".
Surely that should be "Short. Sharp. Affected".
No, the word should really have been "effective", but even so "effected" is more appropriate than "affected" in this sense.....one means something which denotes a satisfactorily completed action, and the other something which has been influenced by the action placed upon it.
Signed and sealed at twenty one forty one hours Greenwich Mean Time on Thursday eleventh day of March in this year of Grace Twenty Ten Anno Domini.
Signed and sealed at twenty one forty one hours Greenwich Mean Time on Thursday eleventh day of March in this year of Grace Twenty Ten Anno Domini.