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Advance Warning

A hundred years ago, the year was Nineteen-Oh-Eight. Two hundred years ago, the year was Eighteen-Oh-Eight. I could go on, but let’s skip a few hundred years and go back to 1008. How to pronounce this? ‘Ten-Oh-Eight’ just doesn’t sound right, so, I think it’s safe to assume that the people of the day pronounced it ‘One Thousand and Eight’ (or, possibly ‘Ye Olde One Thousand and Eight’.)

Again, this is all assumption, but I would also guess that when the year only had three digits it was pronounced the same way as the number - i.e. ‘989′ was ’Nine Eight Nine’ as opposed to ‘Nine Eighty-Nine’. Although, thinking about it, I’m not sure which way sounds better. Of course, this paragraph is fairly pointless because the current year will never have three digits again, unless we’re invaded by aliens and have to adopt the Calendar of Xarg or something.

Anyway… I’ve become distracted. What was my point again? Oh yeah:

Come the year 2010 anyone, and I mean anyone, who refers to the year as ‘Two Thousand and Ten’ instead of ‘Twenty Ten’ will personally be hunted down and killed by me.

That is all.

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8 Responses to “Advance Warning”

JC Says:
March 13th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
Er… why? Surely that is merely the correct way of saying the year? and by the way there is another way that we could go back to three digit years. As the current system measures time boefore jesus turned up then after he turned up when the second comign happens surely we will reset back to 0? This will then allow us to go back to 3 digits. So all we have to do is wait for alian invasion or Jesus to turn up again.
Kif Says:
March 13th, 2008 at 11:24 pm
When the scientologists get picked up and their thetans taken off, is that the end of the world? Or can we call that Year Zero and start again?

I thought saying twenty ten is the new fangled sort of modern speech that you would be berating. Not the other way round.
What sort of weapons will you be using to hunt and kill all the sinners?
JC Says:
March 14th, 2008 at 11:56 am
On another point wasn’t the sequel to 2001: a space odyessy called two thousand and ten not twenty ten? Does that mean Phil will be trying to kill Roy Scheider? That’s going to be a tough job he survived a giant shark surely he can see off Phil?
JC Says:
March 14th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
After a quick check on imdb.com I can see that Roy Schieder actually died on 10th February 2008. Maybe Phil go to him already. It also shows his weapon of choice…multiple myeloma. Only one word for that evil pure evil.
Phil Saunders Says:
March 14th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
‘Pure evil’ is two words. It’s that kind of disdain for the English language that has JC at the top of my death list, mis-pronounced year or no.

And Kif (who appears to be losing letters from his name at the rate of knots) - a hundred years ago the year was Nineteen-Oh-Eight, two hundred years ago it was Eighteen-Oh-Eight etc. Yet suddenly this year is Two Thousand and Eight?! I’d have thought that tradition is well and truly on my side on that one!
JC Says:
March 14th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
Yes but evil is only one word the pure bit was an adjective to add to it. I said there is only one word for it which was evil then after that I added the adjective after that to say pure evil still in the definition of the sentence evil counts as one word.

Also did they ever say ten-o-eight I doubt it. It’s probably just the case that if you wanted to say the year was one thousand nine hundred and eight it’s just far too long winded so that was shortened however that is still the correct way of saying it.
Kf Says:
March 15th, 2008 at 1:52 am
I have no idea what the people at the time used to say in regards to their years. Maybe you’ve done research into this. In retrospect we tend to say the shortened version, but I maintain that if I want to say two thousand and ten I should be able to. I like the sound of it. Then again I also like the sound of the word CUNT, but people keep telling me to stop saying that too. *sigh*

I keep dropping letters partly out of boredom, partly for attention, and mainly to annoy you. Glad you noticed. Makes my existence feel worthwhile.
Phil Saunders Says:
March 16th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
Godammit. You’ll have to do what I say in, like, fifteen years (when I’m president of the Universe).

Advance Warning

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