I switched between “two thousand ten” and “twenty ten” last year, but “twenty eleven” sounds weird to me. I suspect, therefore, that I’ll be saying “two thousand eleven” for the next twelve months unless laziness convinces me I need to drop that extra syllable.
I said two thousand ten. I have been saying two thousand eleven. It still doesn’t seem real to me though. The first week of two thousand eleven is nealy gone. Wow. The older you get, the faster it goes.
Because of this Q I realize I say two thousand eleven, but I might change to twenty eleven now. I know people who say two oh oh nine, for the early years of the 21st century, I don’t like it. I wonder when we will just use the last two numbers? Like we did during the late 1900’s?
Thanks for all the answers! It seems like we’re pretty evenly split. I was just curious, because I say two thousand eleven but Mr. Fiance says twenty eleven.
@JLeslie – I know a couple of people who say two-oh-eight, two-oh-nine, etc. I thought that was weird.
Over here most people say ‘twenty eleven’, but what they don’t realise is that it sounds like they’re saying ‘tweneleven’... It vexes me. I’m terribly vexed.
I say ‘two thousand and eleven’. It just sounds nicer…