Sorry Jennifer but I personally use both but prefer 2012. Though as I hail from UK (Northern Ireland) and have lived in New Zealand for 39 years I still use the British Isles style by including the word 'and' when saying 'two thousand and twelve'. I suppose 'twenty twelve' is easier and shorter and more economical.
I will confer with my students to find out which is their preferred mode. I wonder if they (mostly Asian or East European) have changed since coming to NZ.
Ana - 12 years ago
I'm Ana, from Spain. I lived also in Dublin and I think that in Europe is more common and natural to say "two thousand+number", I hope that it helps ^^
I'm from Chile, South America.
In 2008 we mostly talked about "two thousand twelve", but as we approached the year..cable tv...CNN, we started to hear "twenty twelve" which made a lot of sense after spending hundreds of years saying "nineteen - somemthing".
So actually we're just saying it the CNN way. :)
momo - 12 years ago
I'm a Japanese and teach English in Japan.
When the year 2000 started, I was puzzled which to choose to read. Finding out native speakers read it "two thousand ＋ single digit", I've followed them up to now.
Sorry Jennifer but I personally use both but prefer 2012. Though as I hail from UK (Northern Ireland) and have lived in New Zealand for 39 years I still use the British Isles style by including the word 'and' when saying 'two thousand and twelve'. I suppose 'twenty twelve' is easier and shorter and more economical.
I will confer with my students to find out which is their preferred mode. I wonder if they (mostly Asian or East European) have changed since coming to NZ.
I'm Ana, from Spain. I lived also in Dublin and I think that in Europe is more common and natural to say "two thousand+number", I hope that it helps ^^
I'm from Chile, South America.
In 2008 we mostly talked about "two thousand twelve", but as we approached the year..cable tv...CNN, we started to hear "twenty twelve" which made a lot of sense after spending hundreds of years saying "nineteen - somemthing".
So actually we're just saying it the CNN way. :)
I'm a Japanese and teach English in Japan.
When the year 2000 started, I was puzzled which to choose to read. Finding out native speakers read it "two thousand ＋ single digit", I've followed them up to now.