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Discussion Groups / English Usage / January 2007Twenty-oh-seven
Last December, mike3 wrote: >Mike Barnes wrote: >> In alt.usage.english, mike3 wrote: >> >What happened to the previous system we used last >> >century, where we said "19-99" for 1999, "19-98" for 1998, etc.? Why >> >not say "20-10" for 2010, "20-20" for 2020, "20-45" for 2045, etc. or >> >_even_, gasp, "20-0-8" for 2008 like "19-0-8" for 1908? >> I do, and I have been doing since before twenty hundred. I also hear >> some BBC announcers doing it (twenty-oh-eight, etc). Eventually, just >> about everyone will do it, I imagine. Twenty-sixty-six and all that. >Could you get a vidcap or soundbite of that? I want to hear it. It's taken a few weeks but here's a sound recording on the BBC's web site. The program was broadcast today. It starts "... savings and investments on this first Moneybox Live of twenty-oh-seven..." http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/mainframe.shtml?http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/ aod/radio4_aod.shtml?radio4/moneyboxlive http://tinyurl.com/ycon9f There's also a "twenty-oh-six" nearly one minute in. (Listen now: in seven days time it will be replaced by next week's programme.)  SignatureMike Barnes Cheshire, England >It's taken a few weeks but here's a sound recording on the BBC's web site. >The program was broadcast today. It starts "... savings and investments on [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >(Listen now: in seven days time it will be replaced by next week's >programme.) AACK! It's contaminated with a "two thousand and three"! Apart from that, though, I find this very gratifying. What are people saying in Leftpondia? I'm guessing that the "and" isn't used, so it'll be "two thousand seven" ? Mike M The Mike M entity posted thusly: >What are people saying in Leftpondia? > >I'm guessing that the "and" isn't used, so it'll be "two thousand >seven" ? I have noticed a lot of folks saying "two thousand seven" in western Canada. Several ads have also used it. Mike M ha escrito: > What are people saying in Leftpondia? > > I'm guessing that the "and" isn't used, so it'll be "two thousand > seven" ? > > Mike M Using the "and" is a common mistake, for all but accountants, so you will hear "two thousand and seven" and well as "two thousand seven." I have yet to hear "twenty oh seven," but I like it! It goes with "nineteen oh seven." But Arthur C. Clarke messed us up, and everybody goes with "two thousand [whatever]." Cece Cece filted: >Mike M ha escrito: > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >"nineteen oh seven." But Arthur C. Clarke messed us up, and everybody >goes with "two thousand [whatever]." I'm still *trying* to get people to say "twenty oh seven" (or even "twenty aught seven"), but it's not catching on.... I think I scared them off seven years ago when I kept insisting on "twenty hundred"....r Signature"Keep your eye on the Bishop. I want to know when he makes his move", said the Inspector, obliquely. > Last December, mike3 wrote: > >Mike Barnes wrote: [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >> >not say "20-10" for 2010, "20-20" for 2020, "20-45" for 2045, etc. or > >> >_even_, gasp, "20-0-8" for 2008 like "19-0-8" for 1908? > >> I do, and I have been doing since before twenty hundred. I also hear > >> some BBC announcers doing it (twenty-oh-eight, etc). Eventually, just > >> about everyone will do it, I imagine. Twenty-sixty-six and all that. Pogo would say "nineteen aught eight, nineteen aught nine, nineteen aught ten, nineteen aught eleven". I wonder if Walt Kelly made that up from whole cloth, or if there were communities where it was a seriously used convention.. > >Could you get a vidcap or soundbite of that? I want to hear it. > It's taken a few weeks but here's a sound recording on the BBC's web site. > The program was broadcast today. It starts "... savings and investments on > this first Moneybox Live of twenty-oh-seven..." > http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/mainframe.shtml?http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/ > aod/radio4_aod.shtml?radio4/moneyboxlive > http://tinyurl.com/ycon9f > There's also a "twenty-oh-six" nearly one minute in. > (Listen now: in seven days time it will be replaced by next week's > programme.) > > Last December, mike3 wrote: > > >Mike Barnes wrote: [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Walt Kelly made that up from whole cloth, or if there were > communities where it was a seriously used convention.. I don't know who Pogo is, but nineteen aught ten would be when we all finally have personal starships, right? Will. > Last December, mike3 wrote: >>Mike Barnes wrote: >>> In alt.usage.english, mike3 wrote: >>> >What happened to the previous system we used last >>> >century, where we said "19-99" for 1999, "19-98" for 1998, etc.? For me, it starts again in 2010. SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com > Last December, mike3 wrote: > >Mike Barnes wrote: [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >> some BBC announcers doing it (twenty-oh-eight, etc). Eventually, just > >> about everyone will do it, I imagine. Twenty-sixty-six and all that. The "two thousand and seven" term doesn't bother me much, living as I do in a place where eight years ago we were using a vastly more cumbersome system for naming years -- after "thousand nine hundred four twenties ten nine", "two thousand and seven" seems like a huge step in the direction of greater simplicity. athel |
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