minus-squarewoop_woop@lemmy.worldtoNo Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•At what point do you stop calling the years "two thousand and X" and start calling them "twenty X"?linkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-215 days ago2010, simply because of how english works. If you say 2001 as twenty one, it’s confusing. Same goes all the way up to “twenty nine”. And it’s more garbled and slower to say “twenty oh one” vs “two thousand one”, especially if you’re speaking quickly. “Twenty ten” and up, however, starts making sense as a different piece of information and can be used easily. linkfedilink
2010, simply because of how english works.
If you say 2001 as twenty one, it’s confusing. Same goes all the way up to “twenty nine”.
And it’s more garbled and slower to say “twenty oh one” vs “two thousand one”, especially if you’re speaking quickly.
“Twenty ten” and up, however, starts making sense as a different piece of information and can be used easily.