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[spiraldoor]

You're just afraid to embrace the new millennium.

Ahahaha. More stupidity leaking out of the green island. Priceless!

Do elaborate...

[Tobbe]

Well, you two have contributed an impressive amount of stupid to PC in your time here.

[spiraldoor]

Well, you two have contributed an impressive amount of stupid to PC in your time here.

No, not really.

[Tobbe]

It was mostly directed at Plum, but you aren't completely free of guilt either, although most of your posts reveal you as a dickwad rather than as an idiot.

[spiraldoor]

It was mostly directed at Plum, but you aren't completely free of guilt either, although most of your posts reveal you as a dickwad rather than as an idiot.

What do you mean? Can you please give me some recent examples of my "dickwad" posts?

[Phoenixan]

Lol!

I'd say it's because we're all just used to saying it as "two thousand and...". In a few years time, I bet everyone will be saying it as "twenty..." without thinking.

I'm not sure. After 2000-2009, people are used to say it that way. I don't think it will change until 2100.

It's because it sounds just stupid saying it "20-oh-nine." Though, I did hear it said that way on plenty of car ads. I said it "two-thousand-nine," just because it was easier, and now it's easier just saying "20-10." Plus if you put "and" in on numbers (e.g. "two thousand and nine") you're really denoting a decimal point somewhere.

[PluMGMK]

People just got too used to 2000-& and it's too hard to get rid of now. Stupid really.

[Phoenixan]

And this whole time, I thought the whole purpose of creating speech errors in saying numbers was to save yourself from using extra syllables.

[Puruun]

Twentyten or twothousandandten? Isn't twothousandten an option?

[PluMGMK]

2000-10 is an American way.

[Puruun]

Oh, didn't know that. It's the Dutch way too btw.

[MLII]

2000-10 is an American way.

Lol my spell checker says colour is a non existant word. And tries to replace it with color. The jerk D:

[PluMGMK]

I grew up thinking anymore is a word. My spellchecker, however, tells me that it's not. > <

[Phoenixan]

2000-10 is an American way.

Lol my spell checker says colour is a non existant word. And tries to replace it with color. The jerk D:

That's why someone needs to adjust their language settings.

[Acarr]

Lol my spell checker says colour is a non existant word. And tries to replace it with color. The jerk D:

Change your language to British-English or add it to your Dictionary then.

[spiraldoor]

Twentyten or twothousandandten? Isn't twothousandten an option?

The 'and' at the end of 'thousand' and the 'and' between 'thousand' and 'ten' will naturally slide into one another.

Two-thousand-and-ten

becomes

Two-thousand-ten

This isn't American and it isn't Dutch. It's just the way people are going to find themselves speaking. I expect it will start with 'Two-thousand'n'ten' or something similar, then the 'n' in the middle will be dropped.

[PluMGMK]

Then why hasn't that happened over the last nine years?

[spiraldoor]

Are you saying that it hasn't?

[PluMGMK]

I know that in America, it has been said that way before we ever entered the new millennium. Have you any examples of British/Irish people saying it like that over the past ten years?

[spiraldoor]

Have you any examples of British/Irish people saying it like that over the past ten years?

Most people I know.