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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.