I'm starting a campaign to eliminate the use of "two thousand" when saying the year, in favor of "twenty-oh". I think it's time we stopped kidding ourselves. "Two thousand" just sounds clunky and odd, and simply does not roll off the tongue. It sounds like something that nerdy kid would say, and I don't mean a cool nerdy kid, I mean an annoying nerdy kid like Steve Urkel. "Twenty-oh" is far more pleasing aesthetically.
If you think about it, "twenty-oh" fits with the convention of pronouncing the year that we had in place before 2000. Seriously, we didn't party like it's one thousand nine hundred ninety-nine.
Speaking of 2000, that would have to be the only exception, because "twenty-oh-oh" sounds lame, almost as if you're trying too hard to be cool. So, we'll let that one pass. Every rule has an exception, right?
Besides, in about a month or so, we can lose the "oh", and "twenty-ten" sounds SOOO much better than "two thousand ten".
So, get with the program, people. It's your chance to be cool (or not).
If you think about it, "twenty-oh" fits with the convention of pronouncing the year that we had in place before 2000. Seriously, we didn't party like it's one thousand nine hundred ninety-nine.
Speaking of 2000, that would have to be the only exception, because "twenty-oh-oh" sounds lame, almost as if you're trying too hard to be cool. So, we'll let that one pass. Every rule has an exception, right?
Besides, in about a month or so, we can lose the "oh", and "twenty-ten" sounds SOOO much better than "two thousand ten".
So, get with the program, people. It's your chance to be cool (or not).
