"class of 08", "class of 09"

Bob   Sun Sep 23, 2007 1:56 pm GMT
But what comes after those? "class of ten" just sounds odd. Can you say "oh ten"? The sophomores at my high school use that.
Skippy   Sun Sep 23, 2007 2:57 pm GMT
"oh 10?" really? until I hear someone use something else, I'll be saying "twenty ten"
furrykef   Sun Sep 23, 2007 6:28 pm GMT
I can imagine high schoolers saying "oh ten", but it doesn't really make sense. I'm sure at least some of them realize that, and just don't care. I'm not really sure how I'd say it myself, but I'm leaning towards simply "class of ten".

- Kef
furrykef   Sun Sep 23, 2007 8:36 pm GMT
Oh, it sounds weird to me too, but so do the alternatives.
Guest   Sun Sep 23, 2007 8:46 pm GMT
<<I can imagine high schoolers saying "oh ten", but it doesn't really make sense.>>

Well it actually works as the year is 2010 with a 0 before the 10, and it's the only class of 010 in 1000 years.
Guest   Sun Sep 23, 2007 8:49 pm GMT
it's the only class of 010 for 1000 years.
Guest   Sun Sep 23, 2007 8:55 pm GMT
When I was in high school, I used to say " class eight, class nine and class ten." I didn't use to say " class eleven or class twelve", rather I used to say "eleven grade or twelve grade".
Skippy   Sun Sep 23, 2007 9:14 pm GMT
No we're talking about graduation years... Like my senior year was "oh three."
Guest   Sun Sep 23, 2007 10:07 pm GMT
In that case, I'd simply say "third year" If I were doing my 4 years Bachelors.
Uriel   Sun Sep 23, 2007 10:14 pm GMT
No, guest, they're talking about the actual year, as in the date -- 2010.
Guest   Sun Sep 23, 2007 10:16 pm GMT
It's "class of ten," that's what my class is called.
furrykef   Sun Sep 23, 2007 10:37 pm GMT
<< Well it actually works as the year is 2010 with a 0 before the 10, and it's the only class of 010 in 1000 years. >>

Yes, it "works", but it's arbitrary. I doubt they intend to keep using a three-digit date; they only use it because it sounds less strange to them than the alternatives.

- Kef