(Image courtesy of www.twentynot2000.com)
Apparently there’s a right way to say 2010, I like most people have been saying two thousand ten. There’s a website made specifically to help the world correct this bad habit of ours. The correct way is to say Twenty Ten.
“Say the year “1810″ out loud. Now say the year “1999″ out loud. See a pattern? It’s been easier, faster, and shorter to say years this way for every decade (except for the one that just ended) instead of saying the number the long way. However, many people are carrying the way they said years from last decade over to this decade as a bad habit. If we don’t fix this now, we’ll be stuck saying years the long way for the next 99 years. Don’t let that happen!” -www.twentynot2000.com
February 8, 2010 at 7:23 pm
There is no such number as “twenty ten.” There is a “two-thousand ten.” Example: If you had $2,010 in your checking account, you would say, “I have two-thousand ten dollars.” You would not say, “I have twenty ten dollars.” The correct way to say the year is: Two-thousand ten.
March 12, 2010 at 12:20 am
Do you pronounce 1999 as nineteen-hundred and ninety-nine?
Awesome.
May 17, 2010 at 3:13 am
dude.. he’s just referring to how we READ the YEARS
read carefully
goodness..
he’s just sharing an easier way of reading the years out
if you wanna go around saying year two-thousand-and-ten, go ahead! nobody’s stopping you NOR are they saying you’re wrong
do you seriously have to act/sound smart in places like this?
read carefully next time before making a fool out of your self
jeez
January 11, 2010 at 6:37 pm
Are you guys going to tour this year?
Please come back to University of Toronto Scarborough!
xoxo
January 6, 2010 at 4:40 pm
im almost sort of against it…somewhat fighting this. lol. and i really thought we were all gonna start saying two thousand and ten! lol….but it makes me laugh..everyone else says it.. happy twenty ten!!!! lol.
January 5, 2010 at 10:26 am
Yup. Vancouver-ites have had it right all along =)
Happy New Year WFP!
January 4, 2010 at 10:54 am
thanks…i would’ve said it the wrong way
January 4, 2010 at 12:15 am
I’m from Vancouver. So yes, we do have it ingraved in our brains.
Helps if you’re graduating from the same year too. xD
January 3, 2010 at 6:22 pm
Lol…but it would sound weird if you say it in Chinese. Yee Sup Sup. haha
January 2, 2010 at 4:15 am
lol almost feels weird saying Twenty Ten lol
I never paid attention to this before lol intresting
January 2, 2010 at 1:41 am
Good thing the Olympic organizers got this right. It’s been “Vancouver twenty ten” this and “twenty ten Winter games” that for the past while now. Most Vancouverites hopefully have this ingrained in their brains.
Thanks Ted for bringing this to our attention! Technicalities FTW!
More food for thought – it’s “anyway” and not “anyways”.
January 1, 2010 at 7:11 pm
I’m still stuck on saying two thousand and ten, it sounds so much nicer.
December 31, 2009 at 10:33 pm
Happy New Year (a half hour late) from Wisconsin! :]
December 31, 2009 at 8:09 pm
happy new year 2010
December 31, 2009 at 6:37 pm
Thanks for this! Now I just have to embed it in my mind.
December 31, 2009 at 5:44 pm
Hey! Even Fergie from the Black Eyed Peas is saying it wrong! She’s so Three Thousand and Eight!
December 31, 2009 at 12:44 pm
Thank you Ted for enlightening me with such great knowledge. I guess I’m with everyone else and saying it wrong. Hope you guys have a great new year!!!
December 31, 2009 at 12:31 pm
._. i’ve been saying it wrong for the past week D:
December 31, 2009 at 12:29 pm
Yeah I’ve been saying 2010 out of laziness. Evidently it was the right way to go about things. Exciting.
December 31, 2009 at 11:56 am
my first reaction as “well… duh” but then I can see how people can make that mistake. I guess I am just too dumb think about it. lol
December 31, 2009 at 11:53 am
Still 3 hours to go before it’s “twenty-ten” in Copenhagen
but nevertheless, happy new year..
December 31, 2009 at 11:51 am
whoa. my mind is sorta blown. I feel so ignorant, =P. thx
December 31, 2009 at 11:36 am
Ted…
you’re just so helpful!
December 31, 2009 at 11:17 am
i think i am way too excited and ecstatic about this new revelation.
December 31, 2009 at 11:22 am
It’s okay, I was too