
Say “2009″ outloud. Chances are that you’re saying “two thousand and nine.” But if you think about it, that’s weird. Say “1909″ outloud. Chances are you’re saying “nineteen-oh-nine.” It makes some sense, since we weren’t going to pronounce “2000″ as “twenty hundred,” but for whatever reason, going forward, we never moved to something like “twenty-oh-one” for “2001″ and so forth.
TwentyNot2000.com, a website came up in nick of time with the sole purpose of breaking the peoples habit of saying "Two thousand and ten " rather than just Twenty ten . But why do we just care? The answer is simple it takes more time to say "Two thousand and ten " rather than just "Twenty Ten"
The site also has a facebook group and Fanpage , just to drive the point home. The fan page actually has over 17,000 fans.
For more details just check out their website.
And a very happy new year to all readers :).
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