I just say "oh one" or "ought one". The twenty is gonna be with us for
another hunnert years. No point stating what ought to be assumed.
Robert Coyote wrote:
>
> 002001
> double zed two double zed one
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael M. Butler" <butler@comp-lib.org>
> To: <extropians@extropy.org>
> Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2001 9:43 AM
> Subject: Re: Think 20
>
> : I've been ahead of the crowd since 1968 or so. :)
> :
> : hal@finney.org wrote:
> : >
> : > What year is it? Two thousand one, or twenty-oh-one? Sooner or later
> : > we have to stop saying two thousand and start saying twenty.
> : >
> : > For now, both are four syllables. But once we get to 2010, twenty-ten
> : > is only 3 syllables while two thousand ten is four. At least by then
> : > we must have switched to saying twenty.
> : >
> : > Why not take the leap now? Get in the habit of naming years with
> twenty.
> : > This is twenty-oh-one, next year is twenty-oh-two, and so on. You'll be
> : > ahead of the crowd.
> : >
> : > Hal
> : >
> : > P.S. Another advantage of twenty is that you won't be tempted to say
> : > two thousand and one.
> :
> : --
> : My moronic mnemonic for smart behavior: "DICKS" ==
> : diplomacy, integrity, courage, kindness, skepticism.
> :
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