How to pronounce 2011?

[Emo_Saur_]

Re: How to pronounce 2011?

oh nine, twenty ten, twenty eleven.

[Crashfan3]

Re: How to pronounce 2011?

for you idiots that say two thousand eleven, say 1999 out loud. thanks

THIS.
Are we going to go through the trouble of calling it "two thousand one hundred and eleven" in a hundred years? I hope not.

[Im Vince]

Re: How to pronounce 2011?

In French, all years are pronounced the long way, even 1999.

[TC_Halogen]

Re: How to pronounce 2011?

If you want to name something or show something that holds some sort of importance chronologically, then I can see someone opting out of using the shorthand. Like I said, there's nothing that physically says it's wrong.

If you're using it to prove a fact or something along those lines, then you could say something like: two thousand and ten years ago (or whatever number you'd like).

Why people continue to insist on there being a correct/incorrect way, rather than a long/short way, I don't understand.

[ichliebekase]

Re: How to pronounce 2011?

Wiktionary is a branch of Wikipedia. Even in high school we'd get no credit for using Wikipedia.

And no, no more essays are needed, thanks.

Finally, Plan and AJ have it right. Does it really matter that bad? It's all a matter of preference. That's why I had the [opinion][/opinion] tags.

[xXAll-ProXx]

Re: How to pronounce 2011?

I saw twenty-eleven. Short and sweet.

uh what? ?_?

[kjwkjw]

Re: How to pronounce 2011?

I personally think there doesn't need to be a "correct" way to pronounce years; that is, I feel it's acceptable for one to read "1999" as "nineteen ninety-nine" and "2005" as "two thousand five."

That's how I'd probably read these, too, if someone told me to read it without giving much thought about it.

/2cents

[A2P]

Re: How to pronounce 2011?

LOL this thread



LOL

[Izzy]

Re: How to pronounce 2011?

It's grammatically incorrect to say "and" in any number.

[Nyokou]

Re: How to pronounce 2011?

I can't believe you people are seriously arguing about this. How bored are you with your lives? Jesus ****.

[Reincarnate]

Re: How to pronounce 2011?

I say 20-11

[Vato_break]

Re: How to pronounce 2011?

Two Thousand Eleven should def be used more as it sounds more professional. Twenty eleven should be used for more casual conversations in my opinion.

[virus003]

Re: How to pronounce 2011?

just say ****ing two thouzand eleven

really, it's not a big deal

[ichliebekase]

Re: How to pronounce 2011?

Let's just all say it the way we want and move on? That's another great idea.

[Ickalanda]

Re: How to pronounce 2011?

It is pronounced Twenty-Eleven. The Year 2000 is actually pronounced the year Twenty-Hundred as well along with Twent-Oh-One and Twenty-Oh-Two as we did Nineteen-Hundred and Nineteen-Oh-One etc...

The pronunciation got messed up by the change in the opening digits from a teen number and the fact that popular culture was already saying the year 2000 and 2001 from movies such as 2001: A Space Odyssey.

If you think it should be pronounced Two Thousand Eleven, then you must also think it should be pronounced the year One Thousand Nine Hundred and Ninety Nine (1999) or the Year Two Thousand Five Hundred and Fifty Three (2553), right?