I just realized we can say twenty-# now.

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#51 comp_atkins
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[QUOTE="comp_atkins"][QUOTE="harashawn"] No, 2000 = "two thousand".

harashawn

twenty-hundred works

It may "work", but it isn't proper.

pfft.. proper..

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#52 194197844077667059316682358889
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[QUOTE="snowgoon1"][QUOTE="harashawn"][QUOTE="super_mario_128"] :| You're kidding, right?

One, ten, hundred, thousand, million,... I don't see ten-hundred in there, do you?

You acknowledge ten and hundred are numbers. Then ten hundred is a number too. How you word it doesn't matter.

One thousand six hundred forty three is a number, and fifty six is a number; does that mean One thousand six hundred forty three fifty six is a number?
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#53 comp_atkins
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[QUOTE="xaos"][QUOTE="snowgoon1"][QUOTE="harashawn"] One, ten, hundred, thousand, million,... I don't see ten-hundred in there, do you?

You acknowledge ten and hundred are numbers. Then ten hundred is a number too. How you word it doesn't matter.

One thousand six hundred forty three is a number, and fifty six is a number; does that mean One thousand six hundred forty three fifty six is a number?

1643.56?
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#54 duxup
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What is the deal here? Are there people who only pronounce numbers in one way and one way only in all circumstances?

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#55 Oleg_Huzwog
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[QUOTE="Oleg_Huzwog"]

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".

spazzx625

Touche...You caught the inaccuracy of my oversimplified response...When there is an otherwise redundant zero in the number, it's dropped for the next interval of usage (e.g. 1 million is not 1000 thousand)

So what you're trying to say is...

eight hundred
nine hundred
one thousand
eleven hundred
...
nineteen hundred
two thousand
twenty-one hundred

Yes?

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#56 194197844077667059316682358889
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What is the deal here? Are there people who only pronounce numbers in one way and one way only in all circumstances?

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It's the internet, someone has to be RIGHT and everyone else has to be WRONG. You must be new here :oops:
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#57 duxup
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[QUOTE="duxup"]

What is the deal here? Are there people who only pronounce numbers in one way and one way only in all circumstances?

xaos
It's the internet, someone has to be RIGHT and everyone else has to be WRONG. You must be new here :oops:

Well yeah they're WRONG, but I usually try not to hem myself into something that silly when I prove it ;)
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#58 snowgoon1
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[QUOTE="xaos"][QUOTE="snowgoon1"][QUOTE="harashawn"] One, ten, hundred, thousand, million,... I don't see ten-hundred in there, do you?

You acknowledge ten and hundred are numbers. Then ten hundred is a number too. How you word it doesn't matter.

One thousand six hundred forty three is a number, and fifty six is a number; does that mean One thousand six hundred forty three fifty six is a number?

Sure. That's not the 'correct' way to pronounce it, but it's still a number.
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#59 spazzx625
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So what you're trying to say is...

eight hundred
nine hundred
one thousand
eleven hundred
...
nineteen hundred
two thousand
twenty-one hundred

Yes?

Oleg_Huzwog

If I was arbitrarily counting by hundreds, yeah, I'd probably say it like that...

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#60 MystikFollower
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lol does it really matter who's calling it what? Twenty ten rolls off the tongue the best, but I've still been saying two thousand and ten.

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#61 harashawn
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[QUOTE="snowgoon1"][QUOTE="harashawn"] It may "work", but it isn't proper.

Just like "realize", right?

Both "realise" and "realize" can be proper. I don' understand what you're getting at.
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#62 smc91352
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I would just say 100 score and 10 years. :P
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#63 AnObscureName
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I'm still waiting for 2022 so I can called it "twenty, dickity-two" and be making obscure references to a 30 year old TV program for a whole year.
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#64 spazzx625
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I'm still waiting for 2022 so I can called it "twenty, dickity-two" and be making obscure references to a 30 year old TV program for a whole year.AnObscureName
Since the kaiser stole the word for twenty it would be dickity dickity-two
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#65 duxup
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lol does it really matter who's calling it what? Twenty ten rolls off the tongue the best, but I've still been saying two thousand and ten.

MystikFollower

I think xaos has the issue here:
It's the internet, someone has to be RIGHT and everyone else has to be WRONG. xaos

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#66 Atmanix
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This thread has caused my brain to explode.

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#67 GAMESHARQ
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Umm, you could say 20 ever since 2001. e.g. Twenty O One.
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#68 grape_of_wrath
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I would just say 100 score and 10 years. :Psmc91352
i like this way the best. and i hate anybody else in this thread for making it seem like i'm reading a calculator. :|
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#69 -Apathy-
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00110010001100000011000100110000. Binary ftw.
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#70 194197844077667059316682358889
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[QUOTE="-Apathy-"]00110010001100000011000100110000. Binary ftw.

Hex is more concise; Happy 7DA!
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#71 AnObscureName
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[QUOTE="AnObscureName"]I'm still waiting for 2022 so I can called it "twenty, dickity-two" and be making obscure references to a 30 year old TV program for a whole year.spazzx625
Since the kaiser stole the word for twenty it would be dickity dickity-two

:( Curses. I'll have to wait till thirty-dickity two then.
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#72 gamerguru100
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Nah, I'll stick with calling it Two-Thousand Ten.

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#73 II-FBIsniper-II
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Who didn't say twenty o-nine?
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#74 howlrunner13
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Nah, I'm sticking with two thousand ten.

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#75 gazoz
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No takers on two-o-one-o? Seriously?
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#76 spazzx625
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[QUOTE="spazzx625"][QUOTE="AnObscureName"]I'm still waiting for 2022 so I can called it "twenty, dickity-two" and be making obscure references to a 30 year old TV program for a whole year.AnObscureName
Since the kaiser stole the word for twenty it would be dickity dickity-two

:( Curses. I'll have to wait till thirty-dickity two then.

Or you could start now and say dickety ten ;)
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#77 xXDrPainXx
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[QUOTE="xaos"][QUOTE="-Apathy-"]00110010001100000011000100110000. Binary ftw.

Hex is more concise; Happy 7DA!

Psh Hex? Binary? I'll go with Base64 So Happy MjAxMA==
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#78 horgen  Moderator
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I just say 10... I except people to understand that :P
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#79 Famiking
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Twenty ten because it's proper.
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#80 AnObscureName
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[QUOTE="spazzx625"] Or you could start now and say dickety ten ;)

It's too soon. The reference is not obscure enough yet.
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#81 Mr_Cumberdale
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Probably Two-thousand ten. It will be funny when in 2020 we say twenty-twenty - sounds like twenty-twenty vision.
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#82 i-like-pie
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Two-thousand ten. Twenty ten sounds cheesy :P
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#83 spazzx625
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[QUOTE="AnObscureName"][QUOTE="spazzx625"] Or you could start now and say dickety ten ;)

It's too soon. The reference is not obscure enough yet.

Well, the Simpsons are in their dicketyeth year now, so it can't be on for that much longer...
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[QUOTE="snowgoon1"][QUOTE="harashawn"] It may "work", but it isn't proper. harashawn
Just like "realize", right?

Both "realise" and "realize" can be proper. I don' understand what you're getting at.

just like how twenty hunderd and two thousand can both be correct. theres not all ways only one correct answer

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#85 enterawesome
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Okay then. Thanks for letting us know TC. I actually say twenty-ten myself...
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#86 Commander-Gree
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I've been saying Twenty-Ten. It just seems more natural to say.
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#87 harashawn
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[QUOTE="harashawn"][QUOTE="snowgoon1"] Just like "realize", right?toast_burner

Both "realise" and "realize" can be proper. I don' understand what you're getting at.

just like how twenty hunderd and two thousand can both be correct. theres not all ways only one correct answer

If you have basic math/counting skills (Which I'm sure you do) you'll know that twenty-hundred is not correct. You can look in any dictionary; ten-hundred or any interval of it is non-existent.
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#88 Xx_Hopeless_xX
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I'll be saying twenty-ten..

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#89 McJugga
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[QUOTE="comp_atkins"][QUOTE="harashawn"] No, 2000 = "two thousand".

harashawn

twenty-hundred works

It may "work", but it isn't proper.

What would be proper way to say 1654? One thousand six hundred fifty four? I don't think anyone refers to the year 1654 in that way.

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#90 McJugga
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[QUOTE="toast_burner"]

[QUOTE="harashawn"] Both "realise" and "realize" can be proper. I don' understand what you're getting at. harashawn

just like how twenty hunderd and two thousand can both be correct. theres not all ways only one correct answer

If you have basic math/counting skills (Which I'm sure you do) you'll know that twenty-hundred is not correct. You can look in any dictionary; ten-hundred or any interval of it is non-existent.

It's here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_numerals
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#91 deactivated-6016f2513d412
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I refuse to say "twenty-ten"! I just hate the way it sounds. I've been saying "two-thousand ten" and I'm going to stick with it.
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#92 metroidfood
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[QUOTE="xaos"][QUOTE="duxup"]Twenty- ten is the way to go.duxup
Indeed; it's much more green to save that syllable. We have to all be more conscious of our phoneme-miles!

I think I'll propose a new rule that we ban those who waste syllables when stating the year.

But will it be implemented before two thousand and eleven?

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I'll be sticking with two-thousand ten.aaronmullan
me too
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