How will you pronounce 2010?

[Pazuru]

I'll prolly do both Two-thousand and Ten and Twenty-Ten. Just whatever comes out of my mouth at the time.

 

[BHwolfgang]

Twenty ten, most definitely. I don't even understand why the last ten years weren't said as twenty O [number].

The reason why no one did it was because it would be confusing to say "twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three, etc."

I would say "twenty-ten", because its easier and faster to say than "two-thousand and ten".

 

[vanna.]

I think I'll go with "two thousand ten."
For some reason it sounds better to me.

 

[Lady Gaga]

It will be a mix, but "two thousand and ten" will be said more often :3

 

[Yamikarasu]

If you want to pronounce it "two thousand and ten," then be prepared to pronounce 2011 as "two thousand and eleven." Ugh.

Twenty Ten. It sounds more futuristic imo.

 

[Black Ice]

Two thousand ten. Screw the "and". Same way I said 2009.

 

[mikey]

I always say Two-Thousand Ten. It's simple.

 

[Sublime]

I'm stuck in the "oh-one, oh-two, etc" habit. I've caught myself saying "oh-ten" already. I suppose that'll stick XD;

 

[Gummy]

I think "twenty ten" rolls off the tongue much easier than "oh ten" or "two thousand ten".

 

[Cherrim]

I wish this were an actual poll because this has been bothering me so much for the last month. I constantly catch myself having an internal monologue that goes something like "Oh god, what am I going to call 2010? We've been saying two thousand and ____ for years, so should we continue like that? That'll get annoying in two thousand ninety nine. But what if twenty ten doesn't catch on?? It sounds kinda silly but it is much less of a mouthful."

And it honestly continues for a while. :( IT'S BUGGING ME. I've been saying both. Everyone I've polled about this (which is more people than I'd like to admit) says they're switching back and forth until society sticks with one. I think that's the best idea.

Anyone know what they did in the early 1900s? Have we always said like... eighteen sixty-eight? Should we change that pattern because twenty-oh-nine sounds weird? Will that even sound weird years from now?? THIS KEEPS ME UP AT NIGHT.

 

[Black Ice]

Nineteen-oh-nine, nineteen-ten, nineteen-eleven, etc.

Unless you want to say twenty-oh-ten, the past doesn't help :p

 

[Lucy Lu]

I will stick to saying two-thousand and ten. Saying twenty-ten sounds a bit weird. I know the media is saying it that way. And my parents said that is the right way to say it, but I really like saying it with the thousand. But it doesn't bother me if everyone is saying it the correct way.

 

[Aether]

Most definitely twenty ten, it clicks better.

 

[RivalGator]

Two thousand ten.

I always leave out the 'and' part, for that feels juvenile and unneeded to me for some reason. I hate twenty ten... Sounds like you can't count or speak numbers to me.

 

[Swift!]

Either two thousand and ten or twenty ten, probably both of them. :P

 

[fenyx4]

'Two-thousand ten' for me. Saying 'twenty-ten' does sound slightly odd (to me, anyway). I think someone on CNN or something mentioned how we didn't say 'one-thousand nine-hundred ninety-eight' for 1998, and so on. But that would seem like a mouthful back then, so saying 'nineteen ninety-eight' worked. 'Two thousand ten' for 2010 doesn't seem like it takes that long to say, so that's what I'm going with.

In any case, Happy New Year 2010 everyone! :D

 

[ÇyänïdëÉX]

In the year 10 when batman was no longer alive a new force arose from the caves...weird. Hmm i think it would be twenty ten.

 

[SonicThrust]

Twenty-ten for me. It's just easier to say, although some of the teens sound weird in that format.

 

[s0nido]

I've gotten used to pronouncing the years as numbers for the past 9 years, and I don't see why that should change. I'll keep saying "two thousand and ten". When the years get to something like 2025, 2050, 2070 (God-willing I'll live that long), I'll probably say "twenty twenty five" or something like that. Rolls off the tongue easier than "two thousand and twenty five", don't you think?

 

[Franceschi]

I pronounce 2010 as "twenty-ten" - it just sounds better to me. Although, I'll probably change that as we get into 2013 because it doesn't sound as good. XD;