# Pronunciation of this year and next year (poll)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronunciation-of-this-year-and-next-year-poll/520827>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 11, 2009, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronunciation-of-this-year-and-next-year-poll/520827 "2009-12-11T04:05:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronunciation-of-this-year-and-next-year-poll/520827/21 "2009-12-14T03:44:41Z")

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I forgot to mention that, like most of you, I’ll probably wind up saying the year however the majority of people I know do it. I may have my own preferences, but it doesn’t mean enough to me to fight against the stream.

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**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronunciation-of-this-year-and-next-year-poll/520827/22 "2009-12-14T03:46:15Z")

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Left to my own devices I’d probably stick with “two thousand [whatever]” out of habit. But if “twenty [whatever]” becomes the norm, I’ll adapt. I’m not really wedded to it either way. (I would have preferred that this year were called “twenty-ought-nine,” but no one else seemed to agree.)

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**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronunciation-of-this-year-and-next-year-poll/520827/23 "2009-12-14T03:57:53Z")

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Brevity is your friend. This year is simply “oh-nine” and next year is either “ten” or if you just can’t stand to go 1 syllable, “twenty ten”.

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**Author:** ![Lord\_Mondegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/91b2a8/32.png) [@Lord\_Mondegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Mondegreen)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronunciation-of-this-year-and-next-year-poll/520827/24 "2009-12-15T02:49:20Z")

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> [@TruCelt](#):
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> two thousand, nine, two thousand ten - just as if I were pronouncing the numebrs in any other context. People saying the [and] actually makes me twitch. Funny that; I’m not normally a picky person, but that just bugs me.

The “and” makes you twitch? Better not travel to the UK or Australia (amongst others) then. Because the standard way of counting here includes the “and”.

- 152 is pronounced “one hundred and fifty two”
- 2009 (number or year) is pronounced “two thousand and nine”

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