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See this poll on: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2009/11/better_decide_soo…
Let's see...1810 was "eighteen ten;" 1910 was "nineteen ten;" so why is this even an issue? I agree consistency (Hobbes' foolishness aside) suggests "twenty ten." By the way, I'm still reeling from the whole redundantly redundant "year 2000" phrase. As opposed to what? The hat size 2000? The salad dressing 2000? I can't wait for the 2100s, everything will be so much easier.
Agree with Heather, Leo and Seth. "Twenty" is the only way, the other way is nonsense.
We refer to 1920 as "Nineteen twenty," and the 1960s as the "Nineteen-sixties," so why change what we call years in the new century?
That may have been the most absurd argument I've ever heard!! I was born about thirty years before Leo, so in a different generation, but I agree with him...I never, ever told anybody, anywhere, that I was born in one thousand nine hundred forty four!! Pretentious hardly covers this man's ridiculousness! Robert should have asked him when he was born! :)
For those who suggested that two thousand ten is the adult way...I would love to ask them when they were born. If they are like me, they are born in 1974. That is nineteen seventy four, not one thousand nine hundred seventy four. Or ask them when the Declaration of Independence was signed. Seventeen Seventy Six or one thousand seven hundred seventy six. Fighting for two thousand ten seems a bit pretentious.
Also for those of you who want to say two thousand ten...please note that in American English it is proper to say two thousand ten, not two thousand and ten (unless your from Britain). If you are going pretentious might as well go all the way.
Just ten. We won't need the first two digits for the next ninety years, so why not go for efficiency. Few people reading this will be alive then, and they can decide on what to call the next century's "y2k" problem.
I'm for saving time- but I never really consider the question before. Sort of left it up to individual preference. Be sure to post the results so we can all start the movement.
We didn't walk around saying One Thousand Nine Hundred and Ninety Nine...