How to pronounce "2010"?

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SOURCE:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/6897583/BBC-stars-discuss-how-to-pronounce-2010.html

How are people going to pronounce the New Year?

2009 has, particularly in the UK, been pronounced as "Two thousand and nine" instead of "Twenty-oh-nine" however a debate is raging as to whether 2010 is "Two thousand and ten" or "twenty-ten".

Personally, I pronounce it "two thousand and ten" (even though the London Olympics is I state as "the twenty-twelve olympics" as I just think it sounds nicer.

What does everybody else think?

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HMMMMMM not sure yet but I think I like two thousand and ten, and twenty ten for lazy days perhaps ????

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It's two thousand and ten for us.

AIL Staff

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twenty ten

We don't say one thousand ninehundred and thirteen for 1913.

the two thousand and- works for 2009 and beforehand, but it's going to get a bit of a mouthful one year...

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Quite right, I didn't think that through.

twenty ten it is.

:)

AIL Staff

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Good point.

However i've been saying Two thousand and ten, i'm not keen on Twenty Ten for some reason

:confused2:

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Lol, what a random topic.

Krunchie made a very good point there. I do like the sound of two thousand and ten, only because we've been saying it since the noughties were afoot. But twenty ten is probably best...

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It's not a random topic Aly, it's vital that we get this sorted as a collective or we're going to have a very rocky 2010 with people not knowing what's going on and when.

;):)

AIL Staff

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Whatever.

:tongue1:

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