How to pronounce 2011?

[Reincarnate]

I say 20-11

[Vato_break]

Two Thousand Eleven should def be used more as it sounds more professional. Twenty eleven should be used for more casual conversations in my opinion.

[virus003]

just say ****ing two thouzand eleven

really, it's not a big deal

[ichliebekase]

Let's just all say it the way we want and move on? That's another great idea.

[Ickalanda]

It is pronounced Twenty-Eleven. The Year 2000 is actually pronounced the year Twenty-Hundred as well along with Twent-Oh-One and Twenty-Oh-Two as we did Nineteen-Hundred and Nineteen-Oh-One etc...

The pronunciation got messed up by the change in the opening digits from a teen number and the fact that popular culture was already saying the year 2000 and 2001 from movies such as 2001: A Space Odyssey.

If you think it should be pronounced Two Thousand Eleven, then you must also think it should be pronounced the year One Thousand Nine Hundred and Ninety Nine (1999) or the Year Two Thousand Five Hundred and Fifty Three (2553), right?

[Reincarnate]

you should say 2-0-11

[RB_Dreamscanner]

The graduating class of two-thousand-eleven!
sounds good, while like,

"back in twenty eleven, i had a discussion on FFR about how pronounce years"

[ninjaKIWI]

I don't like twenty-ten/twenty-eleven because that seems to imply 30 and 31 to me.

[ChrisReams]

We're on year TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN. It's that simple. We all learned numbers in school.

[devonin]

Convention for centuries has been to treat a year as a set of two two-digit numbers. That's how I say it, but then there are people who feel that the "proper" way to say a year is "The year of our lord nineteen hundred and seventy-five" or whatever.

They're all correct in the sense that they include the number which represents the year, but I -really- want people to get back into the "twenty" "ten" habit that pre-existed the 00s.

That's the other thing people need to realize, we referred to all decades of the century we were -in- as the YYs, and all previous ones as the XXYYs

Which means we still have "the 60s" and "the 90s" but it's "the 1910s" and "the 10s" now.

[reuben_tate]

Originally Posted by ichliebekase

Wiktionary is a branch of Wikipedia. Even in high school we'd get no credit for using Wikipedia.

And no, no more essays are needed, thanks.

Finally, Plan and AJ have it right. Does it really matter that bad? It's all a matter of preference. That's why I had the [opinion][/opinion] tags.

Wiktionary is not part of Wikipedia. Wiktionary, as well as Wikipedia, is part of something larger called the WikiMedia Foundation.

Originally Posted by Izzy

It's grammatically incorrect to say "and" in any number.

I think the removal of the word "and" is a U.S. thing. In other English speaking countries, they still use the word "and" within numbers.

Originally Posted by Ickalanda

It is pronounced Twenty-Eleven. The Year 2000 is actually pronounced the year Twenty-Hundred as well along with Twent-Oh-One and Twenty-Oh-Two as we did Nineteen-Hundred and Nineteen-Oh-One etc...

The pronunciation got messed up by the change in the opening digits from a teen number and the fact that popular culture was already saying the year 2000 and 2001 from movies such as 2001: A Space Odyssey.

If you think it should be pronounced Two Thousand Eleven, then you must also think it should be pronounced the year One Thousand Nine Hundred and Ninety Nine (1999) or the Year Two Thousand Five Hundred and Fifty Three (2553), right?

I partially blame 2001: A Space Odyssey as well.

Originally Posted by devonin

Convention for centuries has been to treat a year as a set of two two-digit numbers. That's how I say it, but then there are people who feel that the "proper" way to say a year is "The year of our lord nineteen hundred and seventy-five" or whatever.

They're all correct in the sense that they include the number which represents the year, but I -really- want people to get back into the "twenty" "ten" habit that pre-existed the 00s.

That's the other thing people need to realize, we referred to all decades of the century we were -in- as the YYs, and all previous ones as the XXYYs

Which means we still have "the 60s" and "the 90s" but it's "the 1910s" and "the 10s" now.

Exactly. About decades though, how would we say our previous decade. It's hard to put a pronunciation on "the 00's."

[psychoangel691]

I don't understand why every thread has to get derailed. Just drop it here please and get back on topic.

Me personally I tend to switch back and forth I'll say 20 11 sometimes others I'll say 2011. Really either way you say it it's understood so I don't see why there should be a big fuss about one way being right and one being wrong.

[Cenright]

I'm not sure which I will use. I will just have to see, when I have to say it, spur of the moment.

Oh, and on 2010, I used 'oh ten', because it came after 'oh nine'. The only reason I wont use 'oh eleven' is because it is a pain to say, but 'oh twelve' will be fair game.

[rushyrulz]

Two thousand eleven.

twenty eleven has a vowel clash. So it's like saying twentyleven

[DotKritic]

Say "two thousand eleven" makes it sound like you're saying "two thousand and eleven".

[reuben_tate]

Originally Posted by rushyrulz

Two thousand eleven.

twenty eleven has a vowel clash. So it's like saying twentyleven

I have to admit. That is a pretty legitimate point.

[welsh_girl]

Originally Posted by Izzy

It's grammatically incorrect to say "and" in any number.

Huh? Everyone here includes "and" I was taught in school with "and" (two-hundred and fifty four)


Erm, I've never actually said 2011 out loud to anyone yet.

I'll just say "Two kay eleven" 2K11, bro.

[devonin]

Oh, and on 2010, I used 'oh ten', because it came after 'oh nine'. The only reason I wont use 'oh eleven' is because it is a pain to say, but 'oh twelve' will be fair game.

"Oh Ten" = 010 = not actually the year.

That doesn't fall under 'Anything that expresses the correct number is valid" it's actually incorrect.

twenty eleven has a vowel clash. So it's like saying twentyleven

I can clearly distinguish between 'twenty eleven' and 'twentyleven' They're totally different. What exactly is the clash?

Huh? Everyone here includes "and" I was taught in school with "and" (two-hundred and fifty four)

Many people include the and, that doesn't actually make it correct. I mean...it may make it correct simply through excessive use, but the "proper" way to say numbers doesn't have any instances of 'and' except at the end of 'thousand'

Bear in mind, this is the same school system that taught you that 'fishes' was never the plural of fish.

[championanwar]

Originally Posted by reuben_tate

What about the "trend" that has been going on for about 2000 years that stopped eleven years ago? You wouldn't say "One thousand nine hundred and ninety nine" for the year 1999 right? Plus, according to some dictionaries the official way is to say it as "Twenty ten", "Twenty eleven", etc...

I really dunno haha. Though I'd rather stick to this trend for a while =P.
I have no defence.

[5.points]

Anything is good, as long as it's not "Two Thousand n' Ten" which makes it seem like 2000 + 10.
The proper way to pronounce 2010, 2011 etc as "Twenty Ten". Although "Two thousand Ten" could also work... but it's been traditional to say the # year in two words, such as "14-92, 19-99, etc". So 20-10 should follow after "2000-9" due to "20-09" being impossible and would just sound like "29". Unless you pronounced it "Twenty Hundred Nine"

Orrrr you could always use MMXI. :/