Speaking Properly

Slogger | 09:08 Sun 29th May 2016 | ChatterBank

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Not a lot makes me cringe but, when mentioning the year, so many people, including those in high offoce and those in the media, will say TWO THOUSAND AND SIXTEEN, when the easyand proper way to say it is TWENTY SIXTEEN. When asked my year of birth I don't say ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND THIRTY EIGHT - I say NINETEEN THIRTY EIGHT. Am I alone in this or does it annoy anyone else???

Lost In The Woods

Oi...sunny Ann!

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-SharonA-

It does not annoy me. After all you still know what date they mean.
I say both depending on who I am talking to, especially those in high offoce!!

Bertrum

You missed out nineteen hundred and thirty eight and no it doesn't bother me

Prudie

It doesn't annoy me because I do it. I don't think it's been defined that twenty sixteen is the proper way at all.

Jackdaw33

I agree. Most people say 'the year 2000', I say, 'twenty hundred'.

RATTER15

It does not bother me one bit.
I do however get irritated by people that have the need to point out every little grammatical error.

Speech is to converse with, as long as you can understand what people are saying, what the hell does it matter!

I do agree that the written word can be confusing if not written correctly, but even that is picked over, especially on this site. Some people have nothing better to do than to show off their own supposed superiority.

viv41

It doesn't annoy me Slogger, but I agree that twenty sixteen is probably the correct way to say it.

ummmm

Nope...doesn't annoy me.

rockyracoon

Me neither.

jno

I say twenty thousand one hundred and sixty divided by ten. Though maybe I should go binary?

Arksided

Doesn't bother me, I say Twenty Sixteen but like most thing my way is the correct way.

Maydup

I say twenty sixteen, but before the new decade, used to say two thousand and four. I'm not sure there is a proper way of saying it, just a more common use.

It doesn't annoy me either way, but plenty else does. For example, nothing bothers me more than being referred to as you guys!

vulcan42

It's strange how the simplest of things can cause confusion. Recently I was at a meeting and somebody mentioned twenty fifteen (the year) and another member thought he was referring to twenty fifteen ( the time,8-15 pm). We had a couple of interesting moments.