# year

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/year/114258>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 15, 2002, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/year/114258 "2002-06-15T21:28:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![jonabella](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@jonabella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jonabella)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2002, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/year/114258/1 "2002-06-15T21:28:23Z")

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If the year 1901 is pronounced nineteen o one, Why does everyone pronounce the year 2002 “two thousand two” instead of “twenty o two”?

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**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2002, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/year/114258/2 "2002-06-15T21:31:02Z")

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WAG: 1901 was pronounced that way because it was a lot easier than one thousand nine hundred and one. Two thousand and two is a lot easier to say.