Saturday, January 2, 2010

2010: 'Twenty ten' vs. 'two thousand ten'

How do you say "2010"?

"NAGG has decided to step in and decree that (2010) should officially be pronounced 'twenty ten,' and all subsequent years should be pronounced as 'twenty eleven,' 'twenty twelve,' etc.," proclaims the association's news release.
The National Association of Good Grammar - essentially a guy named Tom Torriglia and some friends who also paid attention in English class - say people have been mispronouncing the year for 10 years."...

What do you feel more comfortable saying?