I was curious and wanted to find out. I started by asking random people at school what year it was. They would look at me wondering if I had gone insane then answer either "two thousand ten" or "twenty ten," with the occasional "duh" tacked on. I found that a few more people said "twenty ten," but the more influential people (teachers, administrators, etc.) tended to say "two thousand (and) ten." So I asked you guys, and was surprised by how many votes I got; thanks:) Here are the results:
"Twenty ten" was the overall winner with 40% of the vote.
"Two thousand ten" was a very close second, with 37%; this mirrors pretty well the ratio between these two responses when asking people in person.
"Two thousand and ten" had only 14%, predictably; as that extra syllable is so much more work!
"Oh ten" was the penultimate response, with 5%. This is a personal favorite, nostalgic of freshman year when the IA contained the classes of oh seven, oh eight, oh nine, and ten. Not quite right.
"Ten" had only 2%. Easiest to say, but still not quite right.
Personally I'm going for the most part with "twenty ten." It's easiest to say without leaving too much ambiguity. Although if I ever need to sound fancy, I'll know how to do it.
"toothpick"
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Eva spotted this in the Republic of Georgia. Who knows what's really in
there or what it's for.
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