What should we call it?

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Two Thousand and ten

or

Twenty, Ten

or

(2¹¹-1) – 37

just wondering

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Ah, Mr. Bear a fellow Radio 2 listner then

I liked the arguement yesterday with JW and his wife when they said that we never used

“Nineteen Thousand, Nine hundred and ninety nine” for 1999 so saying

“Two thousand and ten” for 2010 instead of “Twenty ten” would be a bit daft.

Bur when you think about it from 2001 – 2009 we have not said

“Twenty O nine” but rather “Two thousand and nine”

My head hurts, I am off for a lie down.

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I would vote for either of the first two, although I prefer 20 10 (twenty, ten) as in the previous century, we would have said nineteen, ten (1910). nineteen, fifty (1950), etc. I guess we will find out when the media make their choice and people are forced (?) to adopt it.

Ron M

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I for one am aokay with all the previous mentioned, but if I may add, how about just “O” — “10” ?

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My “gut” tells me I prefer twenty ten for consistency with all the other centuries and what we’ve said, at least here in the USA. It’s been seventeen seventy six, nineteen thirty seven, and so on.

Although, around these parts, all I’ve heard this year is two thousand nine but I think maybe that was an unusual transition and may VERY WELL have been controlled by the media.

PS An Americanization note, I think, is that as kids we were taught that there is no “and” included when you speak numbers, at least in the parochial schools I attended.

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Since we’re a computer geek-oriented site, why not simply 11111011010?

Alan

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Yep could work…..

I was looking at MMX or 7DA

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Oh gawd, not Roman, please!!!

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Two Thousand and ten

or

Twenty, Ten

or

(2¹¹-1) – 37

just wondering

The year before last year, last year, this year, next year and the year after next year!

That should cure the headache of knowing what to call them.

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I like 20-10, it is consistent to past usage and is easy, intuitive and understood by most. I’d rather go binary than Roman. As it is said, there are only 10 kinds of engineers, those who understand binary and those who don’t. 🙂
Does this call for a survey?

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In the early Noughties, Charlotte Green, eminent and lusciously-voiced BBC Radio 4 newsreader, decided that she was going to say dates in the form “Twenty Oh One”. Thus 2010 is definitively “Twenty Ten”.

BATcher

Plethora means a lot to me.

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Two Thousand and ten

or

Twenty, Ten

or

(2¹¹-1) – 37

just wondering

I have heard a few of the newsie types referribg to it as “2k-10”. I am just as happy with either “20-10” or “0-10”.

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Just a “fun” followup… I was curious about the topic, so for the past few days I’ve been conducting a non-scientific survey of a number of people. I didn’t keep track, but I think I asked maybe 15 different people, out of earshot of one another.

I asked the question: “What year is this, please?” . . . After a look of “huh?” from some (as if I were crazy!) (*) EVERYONE answered “two thousand ten.” Yesterday, one of the nursing aides at the nursing home, after answering as above, said that she had heard a television talking-head say “twenty ten” but her natural reaction is two thousand ten.

So, it appears that the supposition that the media will probably “decide” may prove to be true, but it’s certainly clear what many (American) people tend to say.

(*) Maybe I am, but it was fun…

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Here in the Seattle area, on New Years eve show, the the two co-hosts were each using a different one. They even made comment that the other was using a different method and still did not come up with a single usage.

So, the media at this time can not make up it’s mind.

DaveA I am so far behind, I think I am First
Genealogy....confusing the dead and annoying the living

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I vote for:

1. (211-1) – 37

2. 1111101 :B):1 010

3. Two thousand ten

In that order.

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On a closely related topic, what are we going to call the decade ? We had eighties, nineties and noughties, so what next ? Teenies sounded a good idea until one Googled the term (don’t do it by the way). I can’t recall if there was a term for the similar decade 1910 to 1919.

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I have been calling the decade “the twenty-tens”

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I have been calling the decade “the twenty-tens”

Hey, Stuart…
the decade doesn’t actually start till next year.

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the decade doesn’t actually start till next year.

Err, a new decade starts every year.
As does a new century
As does a new millennium…

BATcher

Plethora means a lot to me.

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Teenies sounded a good idea until one Googled the term (don’t do it by the way).

The Google search is ok if you use the UK engine and a number of newspapers seem to have taken up with this term. Don’t let the Devil steel all the good words (to misquote General Booth).

On the original question, I predict that by the next decade we will drop the “twenty” altogether – as in “I will be well retired by 23”

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”I will be well retired by 23″

To which the answer would be
“There, there – it’s your age, dear…”

BATcher

Plethora means a lot to me.

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Two Thousand and ten

or

Twenty, Ten

or

(2¹¹-1) – 37

just wondering

To answer this question I asked myself; “When was the battle of Hastings?”.

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To answer this question I asked myself; “When was the battle of Hastings?”.

One thousand sixty six
OR
Ten sixty six
OR
One zero six six
OR
A long time ago

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To answer this question I asked myself; “When was the battle of Hastings?”.

Oh Don, we have been in the Lounge far too long to fall for such a weak argument

The date was:

4827,Tishri 16

or

458 Dhu I-Qa`da 15

or

445 Mehr 22

or if you want the
Unix time : -28502755200
Excel Serial Time : -304325

But what was your original point?

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I vote for twenty ten. On two grounds.

1. Consistency with the thousand years before 2000.

2. Unwieldy dates as time goes on. If we had to say “one thousand nine hundred (and) ninety nine” instead of “nineteen ninety nine” every time we used a date in the last century, we would still be there.

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Hi guys!

I prefer to call it ‘Derek’.

Failing that, 20-10 all the way.

Niiice redesign by the way…

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I prefer to call it ‘Derek’.

Nice to see you back Lyra! I’m surprised you settled on something so simple. I’d have thought “Derek the half bee” at least! Anyway, my favourite boutique bank that you put me on to, but which I was never able to join – Cahoot! – seems to have gone head over… at least their nifty internet credit card simulation idea. Bummer Anyhow, keep posting. We’ve been without Pythonisms for too long.

Alan

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Nice to see you back Lyra! I’m surprised you settled on something so simple. I’d have thought “Derek the half bee” at least! Anyway, my favourite boutique bank that you put me on to, but which I was never able to join – Cahoot! – seems to have gone head over… at least their nifty internet credit card simulation idea. Bummer Anyhow, keep posting. We’ve been without Pythonisms for too long.

Alan

Not to be too much of a stickler but it is actually “Eric the Half A Bee“! A classic song with great philisophical content. Now tell the truth, how many of you out there are currently singing the song to yourselves?

By the way, I like the idea of calling it Derek instead of 20-10 or whatever.

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Not to be too much of a stickler but it is actually “Eric the Half A Bee“! A classic song with great philisophical content. Now tell the truth, how many of you out there are currently singing the song to yourselves?

Well, much as I hate having to be even sticklier, I’m afraid I’m going to have to stickle your stickle. As a long-term follower of the Python genre, and self-appointed technical expert, I must cite the original script to the “Fish Licence” sketch:

Man: Spoken like a gentleman, sir. Now, are you going to give me a fish licence?
Postal Clerk: I promise you that there is no such thing. You don’t need one.
Man: In that case give me a bee licence.
Postal Clerk: A licence for your pet bee.
Man: Correct.
Postal Clerk: Called Eric? Eric the bee?
Man: No.
Postal Clerk: No?
Man: No, Eric the half bee. He had an accident.
Postal Clerk: You’re off your chump.
Man: Look, if you intend by that utilization of an obscure colloquialism to imply that my sanity is not up to scratch, or even to deny the semi-existence of my little chum Eric the half bee, I shall have to ask you to listen to this. Take it away, Eric the orchestra-leader.

Thence follows the classic, but appellatively inaccurate, rendition of “Eric the half a bee”.

QED & all that
Alan

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Well, much as I hate having to be even sticklier, I’m afraid I’m going to have to stickle your stickle. As a long-term follower of the Python genre, and self-appointed technical expert, I must cite the original script to the “Fish Licence” sketch:

Thence follows the classic, but appellatively inaccurate, rendition of “Eric the half a bee”.

QED & all that
Alan

Ah Alan! I stand humbled and properly counter stickled. I bow to your greater expertise in discerning the true title, “Eric the Bee”, as opposed to my improperly ascribed “Eric the half a Bee”.

A loud harumph for Alan!

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Hi guys!

Oi! You slipped in quietly! But I thought I heard the rustle of a Flake being unwrapped…

Welcome back

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Oi! You slipped in quietly! But I thought I heard the rustle of a Flake being unwrapped…

Welcome back

You want to be careful who you call flaky round here, some people get offended mighty easily.

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Hey Alan, how’s it hanging?

‘Derek The Half a Bee’ eh? I like it!

Yeah, the Cahoot webcard was quietly ‘retired’ about 3 months ago and I was gutted! Still have no clue why too. 🙁

As for continuing to post, I intend to! Our corporate firewall rules were relaxed recently allowing me to get back to the chocolatey goodness that is the Lounge. :cheer:

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Hey Alan, how’s it hanging?

‘Derek The Half a Bee’ eh? I like it!

Yeah, the Cahoot webcard was quietly ‘retired’ about 3 months ago and I was gutted! Still have no clue why too. 🙁

As for continuing to post, I intend to! Our corporate firewall rules were relaxed recently allowing me to get back to the chocolatey goodness that is the Lounge. :cheer:

She’s BaaaaaaaaaaK!
Good to see another familiar “face” here again.

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Who cares ???

Yesterday is gone, Tomorrow is not promised… Today is all we have. Enjoy it !!!

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I think the majority will opt for 2010 then when we’ve all got used to the idea we are in the 20th era, the 20 will get dropped and will simply become 10 (just as 2009 became 09 … ie 31/12/09)

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I love this place!!

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