# 2003 - Two Thousand AND Three.. \*grr\*

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**Created:** [January 22, 2003, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2003-two-thousand-and-three-grr/150148 "2003-01-22T03:58:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![SC\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@SC\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SC_Wolf)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2003-two-thousand-and-three-grr/150148/21 "2003-01-22T20:55:50Z")

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Just call it 2k3 (pronounced tookay-three) and be done with it.

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**Author:** ![HoldenCaulfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/22d042/32.png) [@HoldenCaulfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoldenCaulfield)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2003-two-thousand-and-three-grr/150148/22 "2003-01-22T22:12:22Z")

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When we learned how to pronounce numbers in grade school, it was taught that “and” is only used for a decimal point.

Examples:

101  
“one hundred one”

101.1  
“one hundred one and one-tenth”

2003  
“two thousand three”

2000.3  
“two thousand and three-tenths”

Most often people leave out the “and” and the fraction-speak and just say “point.”

I only have my grade school teachers to go by, but to them it is improper to say “two thousand and three” for 2003. It bugs me a little bit, too, mostly because it just sounds wrong to me.

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