• Question: Out of interest, do you pronounce 2010 "twenty-ten" or "two thousand and ten"? - jennifermorris
  • Answer:

    I’m not sure I’ve ever said the current year out loud. I’d like to pronounce it twenty-ten, because that sounds like space, but I’m not sure my tongue and I are on the same page here. It’s only a matter of time until someone asks me when the final season of Lost started and I find out where it stands on the issue.

    “Two-thousand-ten” is the one I’ve heard other people say the most. People only say the “and” if they’re drawing it out to make a point, so really it’s only a one-syllable difference.

    Why not go with “Solar Year Two Zero One Zero CE.” That also sounds like space, and has the added bonus of making people not want to ask you date-related questions ever again.

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