Words in the news: the bank of mum and dad, Open Dictionary Word of the Month: data revolution, Language and words in the news – 31st March, 2017, Open Dictionary Word of the Month: patio diplomacy, Language and words in the news – 24th March, 2017, http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/dec/07/end-noughties-name-next-decade, Macmillan Dictionary – Free English Dictionary with Thesaurus, Macmillan Thesaurus – Free English Thesaurus Online, Open Dictionary – Crowdsourced Dictionary. Indeed, if I remember rightly there was something of a campaign to get the latter form accepted on the grounds that it was more logical, and at least some (all?) 365 Bloor Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M4W 3L4. Serifini. If the Declaration of Independence had been signed in One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy-Six… maybe we could sneak by and say “Two-Thousand and Ten” now! How do you … The 'twenty five hundred' approach isn't really used, except sometimes for numbers between 1100 and 1900.. Eleven hundred, twelve hundred etc.. We would usually say ‘nineteen oh nine’, or ‘nineteen hundred and nine’. Thus, you might hear: "Two-thousand and twenty," or "Two-oh-two-oh," and "Two-thousand-and-fifteen," "two-thousand-fifteen," or "two-thousand-one-hundred-and-fifteen." I remember it, so that dates me as well as him. I could not really give a clear answer apart from “this is how it is said” If you don't see it please check your junk folder. I think this is because "twenty-hundred" just didn't sound right, so people said "two thousand", and it has stuck ever since. When speaking, we tend to cut out redundancies. Hello Robert. But I don’t think it’s a question of right and wrong, I think both are fine. One hundred million, forty-four thousand, nine hundred and eighty-five. This somewhat ambiguous pattern will likely continue throughout the teens. “Ethelweard was born in 904.” We baked three hundred and twenty-five cookies for the bake-off. So does the English language because it’s easy for everybody to use in everyday activities to deal with other people. But I agree that each language has each usage, in actual fact, when that usual langue gets its own way to connect to real life, it’ll change in the way it’ll do. The year 2000 is said as “ two thousand ”. It's logical." Instead, put some respect on the first year of the new decade by prioritizing the proper way to say it. I suspect that the switch from the ‘old’ system to a new one at the year 2000 may have happened partly because of the significance of that year, i.e. The word ‘and’ does not belong in the phrases 2010 and 2020, which are appropriately said “two thousand ten” and “two thousand twenty”. However you may say it, and whenever you’re reading this, just know that 2020 has not been a fun year. Ninehundred-and-four OR nine-oh-four? This has put a great strain on our marriage, as we both work at the local tear-off fun-fact calendar factory. In school, my teachers would interchangeably say twenty ten and two thousand and ten. " 'Twenty' follows 'nineteen.' From 2011 onwards we tend to say “ twenty-eleven ”, “ twenty-twelve ” etc. It's twenty-twenty, not two thousand and twenty. As for why this way of saying years arose in the first place, I suspect it is simply because it is easier and quicker – try saying 1777 both ways to see what I mean. * Two thousand and ten (British) The biggest controversy about the year right now is whether it should be called "twenty-ten" or "two thousand ten." 1. two and a half thousand dollars. I believe so! Chop chop, we got places to be and people to see! Sign up to receive the daily top stories from the National Post, a division of Postmedia Network Inc. A welcome email is on its way. Yet, you never hear anyone say twenty oh six, twenty twelve, or twenty nineteen. and people would have to spend more energy just for an effort, that is just not worth doing. 14 Feb 2018. Regarding the 1900s, people did say it different ways. “Twenty-oh-nine” has 4 syllables; “two-thousand-nine” has three (although “two-thousand-and-nine” has four). I’d only say “two thousand nineteen” (typically no “and”) for emphasis. “two thousand and twenty” or “two thousand twenty” or “twenty-twenty” or “two-oh-two-oh”. So: what about numbers below 1000 that have a zero in it? Example: twenty-three hundred (simpler than two thousand three hundred) Large round numbers are often spelled out, but be consistent within a sentence. 1. Shame to all who say different. No one says the Battle of Hastings was in one thousand sixty -six, do they? Of course it is impossible to say how usage will change in the future. Since we have started the decade changing the way of saying the years I think that we must continue it using the same form as we do it. But we say one thousand, two thousand, not ten hundred or twenty hundred, so it would sound a bit weird to say the year twenty hundred. As with so many things, it will generally be clear from context what is meant, so as Jukka says, if it is clear you are talking about dates and you use Year 18 or 018, most people will indeed understand what you are referring to. Thanks for your question, Johnson. I am an English teacher and recently, one of my students asked me exactly those questions which you have discussed above. — separating the years into two numbers. Likewise, “two thousand and ten” versus “twenty-ten” will be a matter of personal choice. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Before everyone clinks champagne glasses heralding the new decade, let’s get one thing clear about 2020: the only correct way to say it is twenty-twenty, not two thousand and twenty. the thirtieth May two thousand and thirteenx. I’d only say “two thousand nineteen” (typically no “and”) for emphasis. He says that it’s two-thousand and sixteen, while I say it’s twenty-sixteen. I have recently been asked why we say years the way we do. The year 2001 is regularly pronounced as "two-thousand-one," or in a short form, "oh-one" (for '01). 9 nine 19 nineteen 29 twenty-nine 1,000 a/one thousand 10 ten 20 twenty 30 thirty 1,000,000 a/one million . A PhezFilms LTD ProductionDirected & Edited by Craig Phez Perry The “and" takes the place of the decimal when writing numbers, mixed numbers in particular, such as 121.0402. ‘Will we be saying twenty one hundred and one (2101) or two thousand one hundred and one, or will we stick to twenty one oh one?’. People therefore became accustomed to referring to the year 2000 as two thousand, and having started on that path it maybe became difficult to switch back to the previous system. 0. Any idea why? I don’t think anyone says it this way, or at least I haven’t heard it said this way. I tend to agree with you that most people will go for the double digit system (twenty one hundred and not two thousand one hundred). 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