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"Two-thousand eighteen"

Started by Hiro, August 18, 2018, 04:22:20 PM

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Which is the correct way to say the current year?

Two thousand eighteen
2 (25%)
Twenty eighteen
6 (75%)

Total Members Voted: 8

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Mando Pandango

I don't care about Google trends, that's a holdover from the 2000s where nobody knew what to call anything
Quote from: Magyarorszag on August 22, 2018, 10:27:46 PMjesus absolute shitdicking christ, nu-boyah

Kalahari Inkantation

that particular query is fixed within the past 12 months specifically to filter out that noise lol :|

Mando Pandango

I'm not saying that data is held over, I'm saying people's habits are. People just started saying "two thousand and ten" without thinking about it and kept doing it. That's why anyone does it.
Quote from: Magyarorszag on August 22, 2018, 10:27:46 PMjesus absolute shitdicking christ, nu-boyah

Kalahari Inkantation

sure i don't disagree with that lol, but that only lends to my argument that two thousand eighteen is already familiar for a number of reasons

Mando Pandango

Quote from: Magyarorszag on August 22, 2018, 10:27:46 PMjesus absolute shitdicking christ, nu-boyah

Kalahari Inkantation

but the name is already consistent with the way we count, and it's already customary thanks to more than a decade of precedent

it may be dumb, but once again it is familiar and old habits die hard xiapproves;

Mando Pandango

Quote from: Magyarorszag on August 18, 2018, 08:30:36 PMbut the name is already consistent with the way we count, and it's already customary thanks to more than a decade of precedent

it may be dumb, but once again it is familiar and old habits die hard xiapproves;
So we're in agreement. The difference is I hate it
Quote from: Magyarorszag on August 22, 2018, 10:27:46 PMjesus absolute shitdicking christ, nu-boyah

Kalahari Inkantation

i really don't think it sounds all that strange lol

i'll catch up with you guys and start saying 'twenty - [x]' in 2020, but right now i'm still way back in 2018

Hiro

Quote from: don't let's on August 18, 2018, 06:47:10 PMIt's probably the 2001-2009 years that brought that back
Oh it definitely is, because saying twenty oh-five is awkward. That's why I said it was fine up until 2010, to give people a year to change.

Hiro

Quote from: Magyarorszag on August 18, 2018, 08:44:08 PMi really don't think it sounds all that strange lol

i'll catch up with you guys and start saying 'twenty - [x]' in 2020, but right now i'm still way back in 2018
this is a good point though, hopefully 2020 is a good opportunity for everyone to fix this error

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