never presume
People say 19 10 because it is easier to say than one thousand nine hundred and ten. To say 20 10 isn't THAT much easier to say than two thousand and ten.
I have noticed Americans use the version you like for the 21st C whilst the brits prefer the other method. So you would be incorrect in your presumption.
Posted By: Charles21 on November 27th 2009 at 17:24:25
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- Twenty 10, bit american isn't it? (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Nov 27, 17:10:19
- Numbers aren't American, even though Americans do sometimes use them. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Nov 27, 17:14:21
- ha ha (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Nov 27, 17:19:27
- 3 way action - nice work (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Nov 27, 17:24:53
- lol (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Nov 27, 17:18:33
- well, not really no (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Nov 27, 17:17:50
- i'll help you mate (General Chat) - SCC 28, Nov 27, 17:20:41
- ah cheers, that helps (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Nov 27, 17:25:18
- i knew it would (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Nov 27, 17:26:00
- ah cheers, that helps (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Nov 27, 17:25:18
- i'll help you mate (General Chat) - SCC 28, Nov 27, 17:20:41
- ha ha (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Nov 27, 17:19:27
- i'm gonna called it 2 thousand and 10 and 2 thousand and 11 (General Chat) - SCC 28, Nov 27, 17:12:16
- I'm going to call it twenty two one (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Nov 27, 17:18:22
- Was 'nineteen 10' american? (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Nov 27, 17:12:14
- I don't know, was it? (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Nov 27, 17:17:33
- well, is it in your strange world? (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Nov 27, 17:19:10
- never presume (General Chat) - Charles21, Nov 27, 17:24:25
- americans don't say twenty oh nine, do they? (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Nov 27, 17:27:26
- They also say "five four" when they mean the fourth of May, and "four five" (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Nov 27, 17:33:56
- ascending order of bigness - except when we talk about / write down the time (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Nov 27, 17:43:04
- oh I don't know (General Chat) - Charles21, Nov 27, 17:28:47
- They also say "five four" when they mean the fourth of May, and "four five" (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Nov 27, 17:33:56
- americans don't say twenty oh nine, do they? (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Nov 27, 17:27:26
- never presume (General Chat) - Charles21, Nov 27, 17:24:25
- well, is it in your strange world? (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Nov 27, 17:19:10
- edwardian (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Nov 27, 17:13:59
- I don't know, was it? (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Nov 27, 17:17:33
- Numbers aren't American, even though Americans do sometimes use them. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Nov 27, 17:14:21
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