Twenty-Ten or Two Thousand Ten?

[Larry124]

It will definitely be "Twenty-Twenty" in 2020 so to be "ahead of the curve" (a now thankfully obsolescent expression) it's "Twenty-Ten" for me.

Especially since the world will end in Twenty-Twelve*, so we won't actually arrive at 2020. Sigh.

*Just kidding. Kilted gentleman (and their lasses) will be spared; so all is well.

Happy New Year!

[starbkjrus]

Twenty-ten for me, until I forget and call it Two thousand ten!

I'm with Sandy on this one. Twenty-oh-nine (or those before it) never worked for me so now that the naught-ies (that doesn't look right but I'm tired of playing with speel-check ) are gone I'm all over it. Twenty-xx is all good.

It will definitely be "Twenty-Twenty" in 2020

snip...

I'm Bawbawa Wawa and THIS is 2020. hehehehehehe

[Jock Scot]

Two thousand and ten, sounds better to me.

[The Guy in the Kilt at UC]

I don't care as long as you don't call it two-ten, like some woman on the radio did the other day. I'm sorry, but that was 800 years ago!

1800, but who counts these things anyways. It's kinda like saying Sir Newton's birthday is on Christmas.

[Coinneach]

A friend of mine wrote a short article on this just a week or so ago. His vote was for twenty-ten.

However, I believe, linguistically-speaking, that two thousand ten is more proper as many non-English languages do "count" the years (e.g., 1999 was "one thousand nine hundred ninety-nine").

My other half has a customer support job where he helps people with, as he puts it, their "oh nine" and "oh ten" items. "Oh ten?" That's just wrong!

[Larry124]

RUN! HIDE! HEAD FOR THE HILLS! THE SKY IS FALLING!

It's year Y2.O1K...

[Mael Coluim]

CNN is just now reporting on a poll they have conducted 69% voted for two thousand ten and 29% go for twenty ten.

However, what I've been hearing on the news this morning, most anchors are saying twenty ten, go figure.

[macwilkin]

Interesting question. Back in ninety nine, I was sure we would be calling the next year the "double aught". Then aught one, aught two, etc. Never happened. I did from time to time refer to years in the decade that way, and got blank stares.

What I head from others was two thousand and then the number. I think that will continue with most. But twenty ten has a nice ring. We'll see.

I would say "aught one", etc. and get those same blank stares. I remember my grandparents saying that to refer to 1901, etc.

T.

[MartinGrenoble]

So you people that have voted for the "twenty" version have been saying "20-something" for the last 9 years?
"twenty-one, twenty-two, ..." ?
I doubt it, so why change?
( I have never heard "aught" as a number on this side of the ocean, but not loving in an English-speaking ountry, who am I to judge?).
Happy new year, none the less.
Martin

Martin

[GDub]

Here's a friend's take (Tom's been active in the Bay Area music scene forever):

2010: 'Twenty ten' vs. 'two thousand ten'