Poll: how do you pronounce 2010

[Imperioratorex Caprae]

I am a lazy American, so twenty-ten is easier.

 

[Wintermoot]

I tend to say both.
Depends in what context i'm referring but mostly 20-10

 

[Xanadu84]

I say two-thousand ten, not two-thousand and ten. That's because it is not two numbers. 20-10 is not a year.

I know, kind of like how we said that the year was "one thousand nine hundred and ninety nine", and we never said "nineteen ninety nine". And lets not forget Orwell's classic "one thousand nine hundred and eighty four". I mean "Nineteen Eighty Four" sounds silly, doesn't it?

The last decade, we started using the full number because there was no proper way to say the 2 separate number system. It was unfortunate, but now we can go back to the better, shorter, more expedient system, and the system that sounds far more futuristic to boot.

I occasionally slip back into the longer system, but I make an effort to correct myself and say, "Twenty ten", because it sounds so much better.

 

[Palademon]

Both, itdepends on the context an dhow much emphasis I feel like putting on it.

 

[JimJamJahar]

I pronounce it two-thousand-ten. You only say "and" if there is a fraction.

Like, two-thousand-and-ten-elevenths or something like that. Tsk tsk.

No, 'and' goes in to note the last number. One hundred and one, four thousand, six hundred and twelve, etc.

OT: I call it two thousand and ten because I called the last ten years two thousand and 'x' and force of habit makes me say it

 

[Cazza]

two thousand and ten

or two thousand ten

Just sounds better in my opinion.

 

[Dylan Voyda]

My favorite is when people as twenty-0-ten as though the never left the last decade, but people use the two number response for centuries so why fixed what isn't broke.

 

[Mechsoap]

dident even know people said twenty ten....

 

[Wintermoot]

Dve hiliadi i deseta, dve i deseta.

 

[Hobbs]

Two-Thousand-Nten. I have a short "N" between "thousand" and "ten" but not a full blown "and".

I just can't bring myself to say Twenty-Ten. It sounds so stupid.

 

[BadassCyborg]

How do you pronounce 'trivial question'?

 

[Redingold]

Most often I use the common shorthand "twenty-ten"; three syllables, nice and quick.

Sometimes I use the mathematically correct "two-thousand-ten". "Two-thousand and ten" mathematically implies the year is 2000.1 or $2000.10, which is silly.

Unrelated EDIT: yay, over 500 posts!

That's just stupid. In no way does "two thousand and ten" imply 2000.1

That would be two thousand point ten.

Two thousand ten doesn't actually mean anything, in the same way that four million one hundred six doesn't. You'd say four million, one hundred and six, and you should say two thousand and ten. Or twenty ten, because that's how almost every other year's name works.

 

[PoliceBox63]

Both.
Where is that option?

 

[zfactor]

I say twenty ten when used in casual conversation. I use two thousand and ten when trying to make a point, example: THIS IS THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND AND FUCKING TEN!!!

 

[OceanRunner]

Twenty-ten.

Quick, easy, and sexy.

I second that. I often go for the quicker to pronounce versions.

 

[IamQ]

"Tjugohundratio" in Swedish and "Twenty-ten" in English

 

[Irony's Acolyte]

Two-thousand 'n ten. Except when I say Two-thousand and ten. Or Twenty-ten.

Eh, I use all to varying degrees.

 

[freedomweasel]

Slight change, but how do you guys refer to model years? Like before you could say "That's an '09 BMW" (pronounced oh-nine). You can't really say "Thats a '10 BMW", and oh-ten sounds weird. I generally just say the whole year now.

To the original question, I say whatever comes out first.

 

[Rofl-Mayo]

Twenty ten, it's easier.

 

[linwolf]

I say two thousand and ten, don't like Twenty-ten.
Didn't like nineteen ninety nine either, always said nineteen hundred ninety nine.