Timeline for Why do we say 'year 1993' as "nineteen ninety three" instead of "one thousand nine hundred ninety three"?
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| Aug 1, 2015 at 0:48 | comment | added | tchrist♦ | @SvenYargs They really say two thousand thirteen? Ug, that’s horrible. I’ve never heard but twenty thirteen, etc. In rapid speech, the first word can be even be a nasalized monosyllabic triphthong [tʰwɛ̃ɪ̯]; much faster that way. :) | |
| Aug 1, 2015 at 0:00 | comment | added | Sven Yargs | The question I'm holding my breath on is, What is going to be the transition year for people to stop saying "two thousand one," "two thousand two," two thousand three," ... and to start saying (for example) "twenty sixty-six," "twenty sixty-seven," "twenty sixty-eight," ... ? My money was on "twenty thirteen," which failed to materialize, so goodbye money. But maybe "twenty twenty" will provide a convenient excuse for switching over to the version with one less syllable. What do you think? | |
| Jul 31, 2015 at 19:49 | comment | added | Alan K | +1 for being an exceptionally well thought out and well expressed answer, for both of the reasons that Janus gave, and despite the fact that I am right now, and I kid you not, wearing a "Starfleet Academy Class of 2254" sweatshirt. (Hey, it's a chilly 6am and the sweatshirt's warm, don't judge...) | |
| Jul 31, 2015 at 19:14 | comment | added | Janus Bahs Jacquet | +1 for Mr. Ford’s 550-year-old horse and children eating asparagus. | |
| Jul 31, 2015 at 18:46 | history | answered | choster | CC BY-SA 3.0 |