Twenty-Ten or Two Thousand Ten?

[beloitpiper]

Two thousand and ten, sounds better to me.

I'm with Jock.

[Rob]

Two thousand and ten, sounds better to me.

Quite right. "Two thousand ten" is an Americanism.

[JSFMACLJR]

Well, eight days into the year I find myself saying both "two thousand and ten" and "twenty ten." Neither one seems to predominate...yet!

[Larry124]

Quite right. "Two thousand ten" is an Americanism.

See any number of books and citations on how the ways of expressing things have traveled back and forth and back and forth again across the pond.
My favorite is “The American Language” (Revised and enlarged 1921) by H.L. Mencken.

[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.

[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'

[auld argonian]

Too-oh-won-oh!

Best

AA

[Bob C]

A question for those who prefer "two-thousand-and-ten" - Was it "one-thousand-nine hundred and ninety-nine" eleven years ago?

Twenty-ten for me.