I just realized we can say twenty-# now.

We can say twenty-ten instead of two-thousand-blahblahblah.

Who's gonna be saying twenty-ten instead of two-thousand ten?

We can say twenty-ten instead of two-thousand-blahblahblah.

Who's gonna be saying twenty-ten instead of two-thousand ten?

Fire_Ants

I'll probably use both.

I use twenty-ten, myself. Just rolls off the tongue better. :P

Two thousand ten is the correct way of saying it. period.MilkyStream

[QUOTE="MilkyStream"]Two thousand ten is the correct way of saying it. period.xaos

Stardate two zero one zero point blah blah.

Stardate two zero one zero point blah blah.

Oleg_Huzwog

[QUOTE="MilkyStream"] I said nineteen hundred ninety-nine. Twenty hundred and ten is equally correct but it doesn't sound as good.spazzx625

[QUOTE="xaos"][QUOTE="MilkyStream"]Two thousand ten is the correct way of saying it. period.MilkyStream

I don't know what kind of maths you took...But "twenty hundred" is nowhere near correct. spazzx625

[QUOTE="spazzx625"][QUOTE="MilkyStream"] I said nineteen hundred ninety-nine. Twenty hundred and ten is equally correct but it doesn't sound as good.giant_bowser

No, 2000 = "two thousand". harashawn

[QUOTE="giant_bowser"][QUOTE="spazzx625"]I don't know what kind of maths you took...But "twenty hundred" is nowhere near correct. harashawn

[QUOTE="ukgirl2010"][QUOTE="spazzx625"]I don't know what kind of maths you took...But "twenty hundred" is nowhere near correct. xaos

Twenty hundred and One: A Space Odyssey!xaos

[QUOTE="harashawn"]

[QUOTE="giant_bowser"] ... 100 = "one hundred" 200 = "two hundred" ... 2000 = "twenty hundred" I'm just going to say "twenty-ten".snowgoon1

Twenty- ten is the way to go.duxup

[QUOTE="duxup"]Twenty- ten is the way to go.xaos

The difference is that "twenty-hundred" is not a number. harashawn

[QUOTE="Oleg_Huzwog"]

Stardate two zero one zero point blah blah.

xaos

So, in summary: there is no formula; there is only inconsistency and lazily written episodes? I... I'm crushed.

[QUOTE="harashawn"]The difference is that "twenty-hundred" is not a number. super_mario_128

[QUOTE="super_mario_128"][QUOTE="harashawn"]The difference is that "twenty-hundred" is not a number. spazzx625

In the US it's not. We stop at nine hundred and then everything beyond that is thousand.spazzx625

[QUOTE="harashawn"]The difference is that "twenty-hundred" is not a number. super_mario_128

[QUOTE="spazzx625"][QUOTE="super_mario_128"] :| You're kidding, right?super_mario_128

[QUOTE="super_mario_128"][QUOTE="harashawn"]The difference is that "twenty-hundred" is not a number. spazzx625

Eh? When you're driving in your car do you look down and say "the dial says two thousand four hundred RPM"? I don't. I say "twenty-four hundred".

[QUOTE="giant_bowser"][QUOTE="spazzx625"]I don't know what kind of maths you took...But "twenty hundred" is nowhere near correct. harashawn

[QUOTE="super_mario_128"][QUOTE="harashawn"]The difference is that "twenty-hundred" is not a number. harashawn

[QUOTE="harashawn"]

[QUOTE="giant_bowser"] ... 100 = "one hundred" 200 = "two hundred" ... 2000 = "twenty hundred" I'm just going to say "twenty-ten".comp_atkins

[QUOTE="super_mario_128"][QUOTE="harashawn"]The difference is that "twenty-hundred" is not a number. harashawn

Eh? When you're driving in your car do you look down and say "the dial says two thousand four hundred RPM"? I don't. I say "twenty-four hundred".

Oleg_Huzwog